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puts hair on someone's chest

puts hair on someone's chest is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about puts hair on someone's chest

What is puts hair on someone's chest the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Puts hair on someone's chest is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put hair on someone's chest.

Words near puts hair on someone's chest in the dictionary

  1. puts food on the table
  2. puts foot to ass
  3. puts forth
  4. puts forward
  5. puts hair on one's chest
  6. puts hair on someone's chest
  7. puts heads together
  8. puts horns on
  9. puts in
  10. puts in a good word
  11. puts in a word

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