like a man
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7.2
- idiom
- Informal
:
como un hombre
- Time to turn and fight like a man.
- act like a man
- take it like a man
- feel like a man
Like, like, dude, stand up there and take your fucking shots like a man.
- Like, like, dude, stand up there and take your fucking shots like a man.
- You know, and he's he took it like a man has said, I'll go.
Examples
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Today is the day I will think like a man, speak like a man, and act like a man.
Blog text (14) -
Stand up like a man.
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You got to stand like a man.
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You gotta learn to stand up and take your medicine like a man.
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For once, Sky, just take your lumps like a man and say, "Yeah, alright..."
Blog text (33) -
But he took it like a man from the best heavyweight in boxing.
Blog text (34) -
It's probably my proudest thing that I took it like a man and still stood up and I'm still a man and I still live by my rules.
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"Thanks for kicking me in the butt and reminding me to act like a man, Cowboy," his friend replied.
Blog text (12) -
Okay, Rodgers got sacked, and he took it like a man, but the Packers don't cheat to win.
Blog text (28) -
He faced his challenges like a man, taking responsibility for his actions.
Synonyms
15
3.8
In a brave way
3
3.9
In a calm, sensible way like an adult
2
6.8
Act bravely and steadily when facing difficulty
Antonyms
How Brave
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally a simile ('like' + 'a' + 'man') so a learner who knows the words can infer 'in a way similar to a man.' However the conventionalized sense (behave bravely/maturely) relies on cultural/gendered associations with 'man' and is not fully predictable from the parts alone, so it's only partially transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Like a man comes from old social ideas that men should be strong and brave in hard times. People used the picture of a man standing firm to tell someone to act bravely, so today it means 'to be brave and take responsibility'.