be a man

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be a man (third-person singular simple present is a man, present participle being a man, simple past was a man, past participle been a man)

1. (idiomatic) To put up with something or take responsibility for it; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining.

• (put up with something): be a man (about something), deal with it, grin and bear it, lump it, push through it, take it like a man, deal with it, man up

• Anambé, Manabe, ameban