| 单词 | to cowboy up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cowboy up to cowboy up intransitive. colloquial. To make a determined effort to overcome an obstacle; to demonstrate courage or toughness when faced with a difficult situation. Frequently in imperative. Cf. to man up 2 at man v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > manliness > behave manfully [verb (intransitive)] to be man enough1799 to play up?1888 to cowboy up1973 to grow a pair1987 to man up1996 1973 Lovington (New Mexico) Daily Leader 16 May 22/3 Cowboy up. Prepare oneself to do a difficult to impossible task. 1985 Colorado Springs Gaz. Tel. 20 Oct. cc 9/4 How do you handle it [sc. the pressure]? You just cowboy up and go out there and do the best you can. 2008 A. Proulx in New Yorker 9 June 82/1 But a man, she thought, was supposed to endure pain, cowboy up, and not bitch about it all day long. 2021 @Mwheel9 5 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 8 Feb. 2021) OMG! Are you kidding me? Children in Montana go outside with nothing but T shirts on in that temperature. Cowboy up Florida! Enjoy it! < as lemmas |
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