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machoing up

machoing up is the present participle and gerund of macho up.

Meaning of macho up

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

Questions about machoing up

What is machoing up the present participle and gerund of?
Machoing up is the present participle and gerund of macho up.

Words near machoing up in the dictionary

  1. macho-ish
  2. machodom
  3. machoed up
  4. machoflops
  5. machohood
  6. machoing up
  7. machoish
  8. machoism
  9. machoisms
  10. machoistic
  11. machoistically

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