Definition of cowboy up

cowboy up

to face a daunting task, as a brave cowboy would.

Citation from "Charged", Reaper (TV, 2007), Season 1 Episode 2 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
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Last edited on Apr 29 2011. Submitted by Mary K. from Lockport, IL, USA on Feb 25 2003.
"own up to it". Also see "mount up", "saddle up".
Last edited on Apr 09 2018. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 09 2018.
"to ride (or, to "eat out") one's partner" - extreme sexual connotation - as in "the task set before you", generally referring to a female. Similar to "cowgirl up", having the roles reversed.

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Last edited on Apr 09 2018. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 09 2018.

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Other terms relating to 'brave':
edgy	Definitions include: socially dangerous or daring; intellectually provocative; tending to induce unease or stress in viewers.
balls out	Definitions include: See also balls to the wall.
balls of steel	Definitions include: metaphorical testicles that people with courage or gall have.
brass clankers	Definitions include: Literally, brass testicles.
backbone	Definitions include: metaphor: having a "backbone" endows one with courage, will.
grit	Definitions include: cigarette.
balls	Definitions include: exclamation of disappointment.
gutsy	Definitions include: full of courage.
cojones	Definitions include: testicles.
ballsy	Definitions include: brave.

Other terms relating to 'cowboy':
cowboy	Definitions include: an employee who frequently operates in an unauthorized fashion.
cowboy killer	Definitions include: a very strong cigarette.
Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
*as fcked up as a football bat**	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
*ate up with the dumb ss**	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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