embrace the chub

English translation: accept being plump or overweight

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English term or phrase:embrace the chub
Selected answer:accept being plump or overweight
Entered by: S.J

19:45 Jul 22, 2018
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
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English term or phrase: embrace the chub
Listen, when you're 40, you should... you know, embrace the chub.


Someone blame another about being big baby, because he is crying about a scrape he got when he rollerblading.

Thank you in advance,
S.J
Canada
Local time: 16:36
accept being plump or overweight
Explanation:
That's my guess.
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Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 13:36
Grading comment
Thanks a lot.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +8accept being plump or overweight
Oliver Simões


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
accept being plump or overweight


Explanation:
That's my guess.


    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chubby
Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 13:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thanks a lot.
Notes to answerer
Asker: That's right, because the one who get the scrape is someone fat and he is doing the rollerblading in order to lose some weight. Thanks,


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
5 mins

agree  philgoddard: I don't quite see how this fits the context, but it has to be the meaning.
9 mins

agree  Jack Doughty
1 hr

agree  Armorel Young
12 hrs

agree  Sarah Lewis-Morgan
13 hrs

agree  Ami Norton
13 hrs

agree  Thayenga: :)
17 hrs

agree  Edith Kelly
1 day 19 hrs
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