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earn stripes |
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earn your stripes to do something to show that you deserve a particular rank or position and have the skills needed for it. She earned her stripes as a junior reporter before becoming education correspondent. See also: earn earn your stripes to do something to show that you deserve a particular rank or position. She earned her stripes as a local reporter before becoming a foreign correspondent. Etymology: based on the idea that soldiers wear stripes (= strips of material sewn onto a uniform that show rank) See also: earn |
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