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putting hair on someone's chest

putting hair on someone's chest is the present participle and gerund 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

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What is putting hair on someone's chest the present participle and gerund of?
Putting hair on someone's chest is the present participle and gerund of put hair on someone's chest.

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

  1. putting forward
  2. putting from the rough
  3. putting green
  4. putting greens
  5. putting hair on one's chest
  6. putting hair on someone's chest
  7. putting heads together
  8. putting horns on
  9. putting in
  10. putting in a good word
  11. putting in a word

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