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come up hard

1. Grow up poor. (Urban slang, probably from Southern slang.)

"Trouble Man," by Marvin Gaye
"I come up hard, baby,
But now I`m cool.
I didn` make it, sugah,
Playin' by the rules."

"The Search for Meaning: Americans Talk About What They Believe and Why," by Phillip L. Berman
"Hell, we come up hard . . . We were so damn poor you had to work to feed your stomeach instead of goin' to school."

by T. Cool April 28, 2013

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rode hard and put up wet

a term that originated with people that ride horses, since you are supposed to brush them and groom them after a workout; now used to refer to the way a promiscuous woman looks

That overpainted middle-aged hussy looks like she's been rode hard and put up wet.

by Winsi June 19, 2004

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rode hard and put up wet

describes having completed difficult or harsh, unrelenting work; it refers to the poor care of horses;

the words "hard" and "wet" also lend themselves to sexual innuendo, though they are not part of the original meaning

I just finished a 12 hour shift. I feel like I've been rode hard and put up wet.

These kids have worked my nerves! I feel like I've been rode hard and put up wet.

Related idioms: worked like a Hebrew slave; worked like a white-mouthed mule

by almost doctor April 16, 2014

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