Meaning

2 senses

  1. To deal with hardship with toughness and without complaining; man up.

  2. (idiomatic)To put on a more heterosexual manner, in order to fit in.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. The cowboys rounded up the herd.

    ruКовбои собрали вместе стадо. — odexed

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  2. The cowboys rounded up the herd of cattle.

    ruКовбои собрали вместе стадо. — odexed

    deDie Viehhirten trieben eine Herde Kühe zusammen. — xtofu80

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Forms

cowboys up, cowboying up, cowboyed up, cowboyed up
Base formcowboy up · to cowboy up
3rd person singularcowboys up
Present participlecowboying up
Past simplecowboyed up
Past participlecowboyed up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycowboy up
he, she, itcowboys up

Past simpleLesson

all personscowboyed up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cowboyed up
he, she, ithas cowboyed up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cowboy up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cowardlyB2cowboycowercowl
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