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Meaning

to grow into the role

With experience, one's work and manner come to fit one's position naturally. Also said when clothes or bearing start to suit someone.

Example

最初はぎこちなかった彼女の店長ぶりも、すっかり板に付いてきた。

She was awkward as store manager at first, but she has really grown into the role.

Origin

Ita (boards) means the theater stage. It described an actor who, after many performances, had come to fit naturally on the stage. It then came to be used widely for people other than actors.

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