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have a pair

have a pair verb: to be manly, brave.

Verb

have a pair (third-person singular simple present has a pair, present participle having a pair, simple past and past participle had a pair)

  1. (US, colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar) To be manly, brave.
    • Sound off like you got a pair! (drill sergeant in Full Metal Jacket)

have a pair meaning in Bengali

have a pair in Bengali

পুরুষোচিত, সাহসী হওয়া

Forms of have a pair

third-person singular presenthas a pair
present participlehaving a pair
past participlehad a pair
pasthad a pair

Origin of have a pair

Abbreviation of "have a pair of testicles," the masculine glands supporting generation and sexual potency.

Questions about have a pair

What does have a pair mean?
Have a pair means to be manly, brave.
What is have a pair in Bengali?
Have a pair in Bengali is পুরুষোচিত, সাহসী হওয়া. See Have a pair meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is have a pair?
Have a pair is a verb.
What is the past tense of have a pair?
The past tense of have a pair is had a pair.

Words near have a pair in the dictionary

  1. have a nice day
  2. have a nice day syndrome
  3. have a nice life
  4. have a night of it
  5. have a normal one
  6. have a pair
  7. have a point
  8. have a poor time of it
  9. have a pop at
  10. have a quiet word
  11. have a rough time of it

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Adapted from Wiktionary: have a pair (page history and authors); have a pair (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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