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What's the meaning of macho-measuring thing?

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Rebecca

Here, he uses the phrase "macho-measuring thing" to say that the race they are about to have does not measure how "manly" each of them are. "Macho" means "manly". "Macho-measuring thing" is not a standard English phrase or an actual object.

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