"man down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈmæn ˌdaʊn/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-man down.ogg Forms: mans down [present, singular, third-person], manning down [participle, present], manned down [participle, past], manned down [past]
Etymology: man (“to brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way; to supply (something) with staff or crew; to accustom (a hawk or other bird) to the presence of men”) + down Etymology templates: {{vern|Aplomado falcon}} Aplomado falcon, {{taxfmt|Falco femoralis|species}} Falco femoralis Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=man down}} man down (third-person singular simple present mans down, present participle manning down, simple past and past participle manned down)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To lose courage or cause to lose courage. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-man_down-en-verb-ClroI3Vz
  2. (transitive) To reduce in manpower. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-man_down-en-verb-3gShvZ4t
  3. (transitive, chiefly falconry) To train (a raptor or other type of bird) to become accustomed to the presence of people; to man. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Falconry
    Sense id: en-man_down-en-verb-3GvSH~Wh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 23 63 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 21 19 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 21 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 23 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 12 73 Topics: falconry, hobbies, hunting, lifestyle

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1924, George Allan England, The White Wilderness: A Story of the Great Newfoundland Seal-hunt, of Artic Floes, of Perils and Adventures Manifold, London, New York, N.Y.: Cassell and Co., →OCLC, page 160:",
          "text": "A famous champion, he; super-expert in the art of \"manning down\" his opponent, and sometimes in the heat of battle glowing with such an ardour of excitement that he would make wide jumps, quite against every rule, and sweep off pieces wholesale.",
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          "ref": "2013, Alexei Auld, Tonto Canto Pocahontas, [United States]: TemRose Publishing, →ISBN:",
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        "(transitive) To reduce in manpower."
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          "ref": "2014, Ben Crane, Sparrowhawks: A Falconer's Guide, Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire: The Crowood Press, →ISBN:",
          "text": "When taken directly from the chamber, initially Mrs Woods [a sparrowhawk] showed a high level of fear but when manned down, she went on to show no aggression whatsoever.",
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        "(transitive, chiefly falconry) To train (a raptor or other type of bird) to become accustomed to the presence of people; to man."
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          "ref": "1924, George Allan England, The White Wilderness: A Story of the Great Newfoundland Seal-hunt, of Artic Floes, of Perils and Adventures Manifold, London, New York, N.Y.: Cassell and Co., →OCLC, page 160:",
          "text": "A famous champion, he; super-expert in the art of \"manning down\" his opponent, and sometimes in the heat of battle glowing with such an ardour of excitement that he would make wide jumps, quite against every rule, and sweep off pieces wholesale.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2013, Alexei Auld, Tonto Canto Pocahontas, [United States]: TemRose Publishing, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Normally, I'd psych myself out of approaching her. I looked at her, trying to find something that reinforced my manning down.",
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To lose courage or cause to lose courage."
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          "text": "These men have gotten word that the fort we left, Ridgeway, is manning down. So we have no worries about that.",
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        "(transitive) To reduce in manpower."
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          "text": "Eyasses begin a transition period in the late summer as their falconry training begins. This critical period involves manning down the raptor, slowly lowering the body weight, and controlled flight training.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "2014, Ben Crane, Sparrowhawks: A Falconer's Guide, Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire: The Crowood Press, →ISBN:",
          "text": "When taken directly from the chamber, initially Mrs Woods [a sparrowhawk] showed a high level of fear but when manned down, she went on to show no aggression whatsoever.",
          "type": "quote"
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