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macho up

macho up verb: to man up; to act in a tough or assertive way.

Verb

macho up (third-person singular simple present machos up, present participle machoing up, simple past and past participle machoed up)

  1. (informal) To man up; to act in a tough or assertive way.
    • Ezra lets me have my way, yet he knows when to macho up and say I'm wrong or to simply say no.2012, Tameka L. Harvey-Cooper, No Extra Faces, page 62

Forms of macho up

third-person singular presentmachos up
present participlemachoing up
past participlemachoed up
pastmachoed up

Questions about macho up

What does macho up mean?
Macho up means to man up; to act in a tough or assertive way.
What part of speech is macho up?
Macho up is a verb.
What is the past tense of macho up?
The past tense of macho up is machoed up.

Words near macho up in the dictionary

  1. macho
  2. macho dancer
  3. macho dancers
  4. macho man
  5. macho men
  6. macho up
  7. macho-ish
  8. machodom
  9. machoed up
  10. machoflops
  11. machohood

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