big-girl pants
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big-girl pants
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noun big girl pants
- Pull-up underwear worn by a girl during and after toilet training, as contrasted to the diapers worn during infancy. Talk about how she'll be able to wear big-girl pants or fancy pants (decorated training pants) because she will learn to use the potty.
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A notional pair of trousers or underwear worn by a female when acting maturely.
I am very disappointed, but we did always say we wanted the best dog for her, so I will have to put my big girl pants on now and have faith that this will be the perfect dog for our family and for Ehlena.
Opposite: bitchy pants, grumpy pants, scaredy pants
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