flesh one's maiden sword (English, verb)
expansion: flesh one's maiden sword (third-person singular simple present fleshes one's maiden sword, present participle fleshing one's maiden sword, simple past and past participle fleshed one's maiden sword)
Senses:
glosses: To experience or succeed in combat or struggle for the first time, as in the military or in politics.
tags: dated
idiomatic
Forms:
form: fleshes one's maiden sword
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: fleshing one's maiden sword
tags: participle
present
form: fleshed one's maiden sword
tags: participle
past
form: fleshed one's maiden sword
tags: past