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cowboy up (third-person singular simple present cowboys up, present participle cowboying up, simple past and past participle cowboyed up)

1. To deal with hardship with toughness and without complaining; man up.
   • 2004, Mary Ann Van Osdell, Hands Pointed Up, →ISBN, page 61:COWBOY UP!! Be a man, son. Walk it off, says the coach.
   • 2012, Mel Leslie, A Cowboy's Journey Through My Eyes: A Book of Poems, →ISBN, page 11:“Cowboy up!”, your excuses are gettin thin!
   • 2014, Sam Welch, What's Your Problem, Cowboy?, →ISBN:Now they think we can't cowboy up, but we could show'em a thang or three.
   • 2018 August 5, “Writers on the Range: To survive we need immigrants working the land”, in The Durango Herald:It's past time to cowboy up and do what's right, even if it means accepting the stigma involved in visibly and vocally standing up for good people like Paco and Lupe.
   • August 24, 2018, “A Suicide on the Farm”, in CNN:Men in rural America are taught to "cowboy up" and not speak of depression.
2. (idiomatic, LGBTQ) To put on a more heterosexual manner, in order to fit in.

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(put on a heterosexual manner): hutch up

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