"prendre ses couilles en main" meaning in French

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        "1": "to take one's balls in one's hand"
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  "etymology_text": "Literally, “to take one's balls in one's hand”.",
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      "expansion": "prendre ses couilles en main",
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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I knew something was off between you and me. And now that you've finally grown some balls and spilled the beans, I'm putting two and two together.",
          "ref": "2017, C. S. Quill, Burning Games",
          "text": "J’avais bien compris qu’un truc clochait entre toi et moi. Et maintenant que t’as enfin pris tes couilles en main pour tout balancer, j’arrive à faire les liens.",
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        {
          "english": "I head back, deciding to grow some balls and stop running away from her. When I get inside, she is waiting for me at the foot of the stairs, looking sullen.",
          "ref": "2018, Farah Anah, Mission Rédemption",
          "text": "Je m’engage sur le chemin du retour, décidant de prendre mes couilles en main et cesser de la fuir. Une fois à l’intérieur, elle m’attend au pied de l’escalier, la mine renfrognée.",
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      "glosses": [
        "to grow some balls, to grow a pair (to gather up one's courage)"
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          "grow some balls",
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          "grow a pair",
          "grow a pair"
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          "gather up",
          "gather up#English"
        ],
        [
          "courage",
          "courage#English"
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        "(vulgar, figuratively) to grow some balls, to grow a pair (to gather up one's courage)"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "couille molle"
        },
        {
          "word": "poser ses couilles sur la table"
        }
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        {
          "word": "prendre son courage à deux mains"
        }
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        "figuratively",
        "vulgar"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pʁɑ̃.dʁə se ku.j‿ɑ̃ mɛ̃/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prendre ses couilles en main"
}

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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "couille molle"
    },
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      "word": "poser ses couilles sur la table"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "english": "I knew something was off between you and me. And now that you've finally grown some balls and spilled the beans, I'm putting two and two together.",
          "ref": "2017, C. S. Quill, Burning Games",
          "text": "J’avais bien compris qu’un truc clochait entre toi et moi. Et maintenant que t’as enfin pris tes couilles en main pour tout balancer, j’arrive à faire les liens.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "I head back, deciding to grow some balls and stop running away from her. When I get inside, she is waiting for me at the foot of the stairs, looking sullen.",
          "ref": "2018, Farah Anah, Mission Rédemption",
          "text": "Je m’engage sur le chemin du retour, décidant de prendre mes couilles en main et cesser de la fuir. Une fois à l’intérieur, elle m’attend au pied de l’escalier, la mine renfrognée.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to grow some balls, to grow a pair (to gather up one's courage)"
      ],
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          "grow a pair",
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          "gather up",
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        ],
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          "courage",
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        ]
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        "(vulgar, figuratively) to grow some balls, to grow a pair (to gather up one's courage)"
      ],
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pʁɑ̃.dʁə se ku.j‿ɑ̃ mɛ̃/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "prendre son courage à deux mains"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prendre ses couilles en main"
}