put hair on someone's chest
put hair on someone's chest verb: to make a person (especially a male) stronger or more masculine or mature.
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)
- 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 someone's chest
| third-person singular present | puts hair on someone's chest |
|---|---|
| present participle | putting hair on someone's chest |
| past participle | put hair on someone's chest |
| past | put hair on someone's chest |
| alternative form | put hair on one's chest |
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- The past tense of put hair on someone's chest is put hair on someone's chest.
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