Win/earn your spurs formal
Being an actor, you should win your spurs by good movies, not scandals.
Mary is focusing on her first novel in order to earn her spurs as a writer.
someone will be successful.
A go-getter is a determined and ambitious person who works very hard to become successful without being afraid of difficulties and challenges.
One has the potential for being successful in the future ahead.
Starting of the idiom is a verb, so it needs to be conjugated.
Jack has just won his first spurs in his political career with that great speech.
No one knows how she earned her spurs.
In the Middle Ages, a knight was distinctively marked by a pair of gilt spurs, which meant he had attained knighthood by performing an act of bravery.