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it means when things are getting tough you have to get back up, dust yourself off and keep trying.
Let's all cowboy up and get this job finished!
by brattygrrl911 August 03, 2003
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Running for exercise and picking up trash you find along the way. It's good for the body, mind, soul, and environment! Started in Sweden but is making its way to the U. S.
It's nice out and the city is filthy. Let's go plogging!
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quit your bitching and be a man. when it gets tough start playing hard.
Before the big game against our rivals someone said "Cowboy up" to the pesimistic pussies.
by daywalker October 07, 2003
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"Cowboy Up" is when you are injured or down and the prospect of doing whatever it is you're about to try is so bleak that the best you can hope for is to live through it.
This year, the Boston Red Sox cowboyed up to rally against the Yankees in the championship series.
by Jeff Newell October 10, 2003
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When faced with a hard chore, it's a shift in attitude from "can't" to a positive "can-do" with confidence and a non-complaining spirit that becomes contageous.
Halfway through a hot day of hauling hay you might tell yourself or your buddy to "c'mon, cow-boy up." and thereby keep your work and your attitude from going south.
by still_do December 01, 2003
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Basically, another way of saying "Shut up and take it like a man" or "Quit your whining." The term is derived from the popular image of cowboys being tough, unflinching, uncomplaining, and hard-working.
"Cowboy up, man. What would John Wayne say if he heard you complaining over a little hard work?"
by You Can't Kill the Metal October 06, 2006
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( an insult used between men only): to metaphorically speaking ' grow an extra pair of balls' and take one's responsibility like a grown man
Teenage son: dad I got my girlfriend pregnant, what do I do?

Father: cowboy up Peter. And by the way I am busy ( slams door in son's face)
by sexydimma May 27, 2017
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