See have a pair on Wiktionary
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"text": "Sound off like you got a pair! (drill sergeant in Full Metal Jacket)"
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"To be manly, brave."
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"(chiefly US, colloquial, idiomatic, somewhat vulgar) To be manly, brave."
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"word": "strap on a pair"
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