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grow a pair

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grow a pair (third-person singular simple present grows a pair, present participle growing a pair, simple past grew a pair, past participle grown a pair)

(chiefly US, colloquial, idiomatic, somewhat vulgar) To be brave; to show some courage, especially in a situation in which one has so far failed to do so.

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At this, even Hillary Clinton was thinking, "Come on, guys - let's grow a pair." Ann Coulter

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