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cowboys up

cowboys up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 cowboys up

What is cowboys up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cowboys up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cowboy up.

Words near cowboys up in the dictionary

  1. cowboyism
  2. cowboyitis
  3. cowboylike
  4. cowboys
  5. cowboys and Indians
  6. cowboys up
  7. Cowbridge
  8. Cowbridge with Llanblethian
  9. Cowcaddens
  10. cowcatcher
  11. cowcatchers

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