"like a man" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-like a man.ogg
Etymology: From Middle English lyke a man (“in the manner of a man, in accordance with man”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lyke a man|t=in the manner of a man, in accordance with man}} Middle English lyke a man (“in the manner of a man, in accordance with man”) Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} like a man
  1. (colloquial, simile) Bravely, decisively, and without complaining. Tags: colloquial Related terms: man up [colloquial] Translations (bravely): 像男人一樣 (Chinese Mandarin), 像男人一样 (xiàng nánrén yīyàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 男子漢似的 (Chinese Mandarin), 男子汉似的 (nánzǐhàn shìde) (Chinese Mandarin), kuin mies (Finnish), comme un homme (French), muški (Serbo-Croatian), erkek gibi (Turkish)
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