earning stripes
earning your stripes refers to putting in hard work and effort and earning respect from your peers as a result. similar to mitary rank and displaying military stripes, moving up the chain of command from sergeant to lieutenant to captain to major
example 1:
taeshawn: did you see omar putting in mad work after school in the gym?
julius: yep, he’s earning stripes with the coach, omar might be playing varsity ball this year.
example 2:
victor: d-mn ese, julio’s been pushing mad weight lately homie, he pushed a key last week.
jorge: yea ese, the vatos in the barrio are saying that he’s earning stripes with the o.g.’s.
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