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cowboying up

cowboying up is the present participle and gerund of cowboy up.

Meaning of cowboy up

Verb

cowboy up (third-person singular simple present cowboys up, present participle cowboying up, simple past and past participle cowboyed up)

  1. To deal with hardship with toughness and without complaining; man up.
    • COWBOY UP!! Be a man, son. Walk it off, says the coach.2004, Mary Ann Van Osdell, Hands Pointed Up, →ISBN, page 61
  2. (idiomatic) To put on a more heterosexual manner, in order to fit in.

Questions about cowboying up

What is cowboying up the present participle and gerund of?
Cowboying up is the present participle and gerund of cowboy up.

Words near cowboying up in the dictionary

  1. cowboy up
  2. cowboy-hatted
  3. cowboyed
  4. cowboyed up
  5. cowboying
  6. cowboying up
  7. cowboyish
  8. cowboyism
  9. cowboyitis
  10. cowboylike
  11. cowboys

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