Idiom
have a pair
Meaning
To be manly, brave.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He needs to have a pair and tell the truth.”
“If you want to lead this team, you need to have a pair and make the hard decisions.”
“The captain urged his soldiers to have a pair, reminding them that true courage is found only in the face of certain danger.”
Examples
simple
“He needs to have a pair and tell the truth.”
contextual
“If you want to lead this team, you need to have a pair and make the hard decisions.”
complex
“The captain urged his soldiers to have a pair, reminding them that true courage is found only in the face of certain danger.”
Origin
Abbreviation of "have a pair of testicles," the masculine glands supporting generation and sexual potency.
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