bro down

verb

To fraternize; to have a casual male social gathering.

Meanings

verbbro down (third-person singular simple present bros down, present participle broing down, simple past and past participle broed down)

present singular third person bros down · participle present broing down · participle past broed down · past broed down

  1. informalintransitiveTo fraternize; to have a casual male social gathering.

    But I actually liked Madness, I thought they were really cool guys; they were actually, like, 'Let's bro down'.

    2009, Stevie Chick, Spray Paint the Walls: The Story of Black Flag
    1 more example

    My parents met Jesse (I mean, obviously, he was right there), and there was some awkwardness, followed by my dad trying to “bro down” with him (yes, those exact words were used, I'm still mortified), […]

    2013, Robin Benway, Spy Society
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