macho up

verb

To man up; to act in a tough or assertive way.

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Meanings

verbmacho up (third-person singular simple present machos up, present participle machoing up, simple past and past participle machoed up)

present singular third person machos up · participle present machoing up · participle past machoed up · past machoed up

  1. informalTo man up; to act in a tough or assertive way.

    Ezra lets me have my way, yet he knows when to macho up and say I'm wrong or to simply say no.

    2012, Tameka L. Harvey-Cooper, No Extra Faces, page 62
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APA

macho up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macho%20up

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Chicago

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