man up
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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I found him strolling--a calm, contemplative man--up and down in the market-place, by no process whatever to be prevailed upon to cross the threshold of the concert-room any more.
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm
Through the hedge--over the meadow--a flying leap over the stream--it is more like a bird than a man--up again.
From The Young Step-Mother by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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