Idiom
be a man
Meaning
To put up with something or take responsibility for it; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Stop complaining and be a man about the situation.”
“He knew the surgery would be painful, but he decided to be a man and face it without any fuss.”
“Despite the crushing weight of his professional failure, he chose to be a man, accepting full responsibility for the error rather than shifting the blame onto his subordinates.”
Examples
simple
“Stop complaining and be a man about the situation.”
contextual
“He knew the surgery would be painful, but he decided to be a man and face it without any fuss.”
complex
“Despite the crushing weight of his professional failure, he chose to be a man, accepting full responsibility for the error rather than shifting the blame onto his subordinates.”
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