make one's bones (English, verb)
expansion: make one's bones (third-person singular simple present makes one's bones, present participle making one's bones, simple past and past participle made one's bones)
Senses:
glosses: To commit a murder in order to be respected in a criminal gang.
glosses: To establish one's bona fides; to establish status and respect.
tags: broadly
Forms:
form: makes one's bones
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: making one's bones
tags: participle
present
form: made one's bones
tags: participle
past
form: made one's bones
tags: past