man of deeds
- noun
:
hombre de acción
- As a man of deeds, he preferred solving problems over discussing them at length.
Examples
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The company needed a man of deeds to lead it through the crisis.
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He was respected as a man of deeds rather than empty promises.
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He is a true man of deeds!
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Many admire John as a man of deeds.
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As a man of deeds, he preferred solving problems over discussing them at length.
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He was respected as a man of deeds rather than someone who only makes promises.
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The company needed a man of deeds to take charge and navigate the crisis successfully.
Synonyms
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3.5
A person who takes action to finish tasks
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4.2
A man who decides quickly and gets things done
A person who starts tasks and gets things done
Antonyms
How Action-Oriented
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the parts: 'man' + 'of' + 'deeds' literally describes a man characterized by his deeds, and 'deed' means an intentional action. The noun+of+noun pattern expressing a characteristic is regular in English (and parallels exist cross-linguistically), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the intended meaning (though the phrase is somewhat literary).
Etymology
Man of deeds may come from old sayings that praised doing things instead of talking. The image is of a person whose deeds, his actions, show who he is, so it means 'a man who acts rather than just thinks or talks'.