Meanings
alternative one's gotta do what one's gotta do · alternative a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do
- informalA person must do what they feel is necessary or imperative.
Sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, even if his helpmate does not share his passion. Perhaps that's part of the attraction. Maybe a man wouldn't be so feverish about his garden if he had to share it with his partner, […]
2000, Warren Schultz, A Man's Garden, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, →OCLC
Translations
German ein Mann muss tun, was ein Mann eben tun muss, tun, was man nicht lassen kann
- ein Mann muss tun, was ein Mann eben tun mussdo what a person feels is to be done by themselves
- tun, was man nicht lassen kanndo what a person feels is to be done by themselves
Polish rób to, co musisz
- rób to, co musiszdo what a person feels is to be done by themselves
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one's got to do what one's got to do. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one's%20got%20to%20do%20what%20one's%20got%20to%20do
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