Meanings
prepositional phrase
- colloquialsimileBravely, decisively, and without complaining.
Don't be a wimp: deal with it like a man!
Origin
- Middle Englishlyke a man“in the manner of a man, in accordance with man”
- Englishlike a man
From Middle English lyke a man (“in the manner of a man, in accordance with man”).
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 像男人一樣 /像男人一样, 男子漢似的 /男子汉似的
- 像男人一樣 /像男人一样 (xiàng nánrén yīyàng)bravely
- 男子漢似的 /男子汉似的 (nánzǐhàn shìde)bravely
Finnish kuin mies
- kuin miesbravely
French comme un homme
- comme un hommebravely
Polish jak mężczyzna
- jak mężczyznabravely
Turkish erkek gibi, adam gibi
- erkek gibibravely
- adam gibibravely
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APA
like a man. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20a%20man
MLA
“like a man.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20a%20man. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “like a man,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20a%20man.
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