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English
Etymology
Abbreviation of "strap on a pair of testicles".
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strap on a pair (third-person singular simple present straps on a pair, present participle strapping on a pair, simple past and past participle strapped on a pair)
- (chiefly US, colloquial, idiomatic, somewhat vulgar) To be brave; to show some courage, especially in a situation where one has so far failed to do so.
- 2002 July 17, "Parenting Forum," cleveland.com (Cleveland Plain Dealer) (retrieved 29 Oct 2008):
- The moral of the story is strap on a pair and be a man.
2003 February 1, “The power of words”, in Automotive Industries, retrieved 29 October 2008:Somebody clearly needed to "strap on a pair" and say what needed to be said. Forget the flowery words and sensitivity training.
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