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put hair on one's chest

put hair on one's chest is the alternative form of put hair on someone's chest.

Meaning of put hair on someone's chest

Verb

put hair on someone's chest (third-person singular simple present puts hair on someone's chest, present participle putting hair on someone's chest, simple past and past participle put hair on someone's chest)

  1. (idiomatic) To make a person (especially a male) stronger or more masculine or mature.
    • When Lonnie Bushey was 6 he started drinking with his father who told him it would put hair on his chest and make him a man.1998 February 17, Tom Becker, “School Speaker Talks About Life as Addict”, in Los Angeles Times, retrieved 10 Oct 2010, page B2

Forms of put hair on one's chest

third-person singular presentputs hair on one's chest
present participleputting hair on one's chest
past participleput hair on one's chest
pastput hair on one's chest

Questions about put hair on one's chest

What is put hair on one's chest the alternative form of?
Put hair on one's chest is the alternative form of put hair on someone's chest.

Words near put hair on one's chest in the dictionary

  1. put facts on the ground
  2. put food on the table
  3. put foot to ass
  4. put forth
  5. put forward
  6. put hair on one's chest
  7. put hair on someone's chest
  8. put heads together
  9. put her there
  10. put him in to get him out
  11. put horns on

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