"man up"

[Gordon, Matthew J.]

My  apologies for misspelling Jonathan's last name. It wasn't a sly comment on his veracity.


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Subject:      Re: "man up"
 
The "man up" usage mentioned by Jonathan Ligher is apparently part of a productive pattern. I seem to remember a discussion here some years back about "cowboy up." More surprising to me are examples like:

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