put hair on someone's chest

verb

To make a person (especially a male) stronger or more masculine or mature.

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Meanings

verbput hair on someone's chest (third-person singular simple present puts hair on someone's chest, present participle putting hair on someone's chest, simple past and past participle put hair on someone's chest)

present singular third person puts hair on someone's chest · participle present putting hair on someone's chest · alternative put hair on one's chest

  1. idiomaticTo make a person (especially a male) stronger or more masculine or mature.

    When Lonnie Bushey was 6 he started drinking with his father who told him it would put hair on his chest and make him a man.

    1998 February 17, Tom Becker, “School Speaker Talks About Life as Addict”, in Los Angeles Times, retrieved 10 Oct 2010, page B2
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Chicago

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