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machos up

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

What is machos up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Machos up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of macho up.

Words near machos up in the dictionary

  1. machometer
  2. machometers
  3. Machon
  4. machoness
  5. machos
  6. machos up
  7. machosexual
  8. machosexuals
  9. Machoumet
  10. Machov
  11. Machovská Lhota

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