man down
29
6.5
- noun
- Jargon
:
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- We have a man down!
- one man down
- man down there
- man down here
Man down, man down, man down.
- Man down, man down, man down.
Examples
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We got a man down on the field.
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There was a man down there, trapped, frozen in the ice.
Fiction book (1999) -
We're already one man down!
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We got a man down!
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Pettis, we got a man down.
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There's a man down in that hold.
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Beltran became the latest player to bleed for the cause, and it became RSL's turn to play a man down while treatment was administered.
Blog text (21) -
"Despite playing a man down for most of the game, NMU didn't concede a goal until the very end.
Blog text (31) -
Despite being a man down, Rennes took the lead in the 34th when Feret delightfully curled a free kick around the wall.
Blog text (5) -
There is a man down on the basketball court who needs medical attention.
How Injured
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- Jargon
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2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'man down' literally describes a 'man' who is 'down' (e.g. injured, unconscious, or otherwise unable to act), so a B1 learner who knows both words can reasonably infer the meaning from the constituents. The construction compresses an easily understood clause ('a man is down') into a noun phrase and matches common cross-linguistic patterns for describing an incapacitated person, although it is often used in specific contexts (military, sports, emergency).
Etymology
The noun man down comes from soldiers and team sports where a man was knocked down and could not stand or move. People would shout 'man down' to call for help, so today it means 'a person who is injured or unable to continue'.