Cowboy Up!

An incomplete phrase from Broke Back Mountain meaning "cowboy up your ass".

Oh my god theres a cowboy up! my ass!

by Bob Weadababyitsaboy May 14, 2006

cowboy the fuck up

Phrase used to describe to action of taking a deep breath, forgetting about the pain and fear, digging down deep, and carrying on to the end.

Dad: Son, are you injured or are you hurt?

Son: What's the difference?

Dad: If you are injured, you sit your ass on the sidelines and watch your team play the rest of the game. If you are hurt, you cowboy the fuck up, swallow your pain, put your helmet back on, and get back into the fight.

Son: I'm just hurt a little, dad.

Dad: That's my boy.

by dammit janet October 21, 2004

cowboy the fuck up

To marshall your physical and mental resources and continue toward your goal. Cowboys of old were known for their stalwartness.

So you fell off your bike...you'd better cowboy the fuck up and try it again.

by Tasha December 24, 2004

cowboy the fuck up

1. To grow a tough skin quickly or suck it up.
2. Punchline to a brilliant lyric in Deathboy's "The 80s are Dead"

3. Credited as 'Astrid's bit.

"Stop being a sissymary motherfucker, and just cowboy the fuck up already"

by titled November 5, 2003

cowboy up

make a determined effort to overcome an obstacle or deal with a difficult situation.

Her horse threw a shoe miles from the ranch, but she knew she had to cowboy up and fix it herself if she wanted to get back before nightfall.

by Arminkshipper July 19, 2024

Minnesota Cowboy Up

When a cowboy let's his horse ride him.

On a lonely summer's night, Tom lost his virginity Minnesota Cowboy Up.

by Sew Donym February 20, 2020

cowboy up

( an insult used between men only: to metaphorically 'grow an extra pair of balls' and take ones responsibilities like a grown man

Incompetent teen son: dad I got my girlfriend pregnant. What do I do?

Father: cowboy up and be a dad. And btw, I am busy ( slams door in son's face)

by Sexydimma April 24, 2021