"grow some balls" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: grows some balls [present, singular, third-person], growing some balls [participle, present], grew some balls [past], grown some balls [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|grow<,,grew,grown> some balls}} grow some balls (third-person singular simple present grows some balls, present participle growing some balls, simple past grew some balls, past participle grown some balls)
  1. (chiefly US, idiomatic, vulgar) To be brave; to show some courage, especially in a situation where one has so far failed to do so. Tags: US, idiomatic, vulgar Related terms: pluck up one's courage Translations (Translations): hankkia selkäranka (Finnish), kasvattaa selkäranka (Finnish), prendre ses couilles en main (French), hodować jaja [imperfective] (Polish), wyhodować jaja [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-grow_some_balls-en-verb-3PcH7F5P Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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