person up

Meanings

verbperson up (third-person singular simple present persons up, present participle personing up, simple past and past participle personed up)

present singular third person persons up · participle present personing up · participle past personed up · past personed up

humorousnonstandardTo show courage, strength, toughness, or responsibility; a gender-neutral alternative to "man up".
At one point Tuesday, during a testy question period exchange, deputy Tory leader Lisa Raitt urged the prime minister to “person up.”
2018 February 6, Rebecca Joseph, “Justin Trudeau’s ‘peoplekind’ remark draws ridicule in U.S. and U.K. media”, in Global News, archived from the original on 17 May 2025
Synonyms: boss up

verbTo show courage, strength, toughness, or responsibility; a gender-neutral alternative to "man up".

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By analogy with man up.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “person up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/person%20up.