Usually means: Earn respect through significant achievements.
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  1. win one's spurs: Merriam-Webster
  2. win one's spurs: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. win one's spurs, win one's spurs: Collins English Dictionary
  4. win one's spurs: Wiktionary
  5. win one's spurs, win ones spurs: Dictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (win one's spurs)

verb:  To achieve recognition.


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