Idiom
cowboy up
Meaning
To put on a more heterosexual manner, in order to fit in.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He needs to cowboy up if he wants to fit in with them.”
“His friends told him to cowboy up and stop acting so sensitive at the party.”
“Feeling the pressure to conform to traditional expectations, he decided to cowboy up and hide his true personality.”
Examples
simple
“He needs to cowboy up if he wants to fit in with them.”
contextual
“His friends told him to cowboy up and stop acting so sensitive at the party.”
complex
“Feeling the pressure to conform to traditional expectations, he decided to cowboy up and hide his true personality.”
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