Alternative spelling of go-faster stripes

plural of go-faster stripe

Alternative form of show one's true stripes

To acquire recognized credentials by competent performance.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of earn one's stripes

present participle of earn one's stripes

simple past tense and past participle of earn one's stripes

simple past tense and past participle of earn one's stripes

(US, basketball, informal) The free-throw line.

A system of pleating a kilt in which a particular vertical stripe of the tartan pattern is selected and the pleats are arranged so that this chosen stripe runs down the center of each pleat.