Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context idiomatic English) To "be a man about it"; to do the things a man is traditionally expected to do, such as taking responsibility for the consequences of one's actions, displaying bravery or toughness in the face of adversity, providing for one's family, etc. {{qualifier|Compare (m en man brace oneself, steel oneself).}} 2 (context of military personnel English) To assemble, each person manning (attending to) his station, prepared for the departure of an aircraft, ship, etc. {{qualifier|Compare (m en man supply with staff; take up position to operate).}} 3 (context of other personnel English) To staff adequately; to staff up; to successfully fill all needed labor positions. {{qualifier|Compare (m en man supply with staff).}} 4 (context sports English) To vigorously guard the opponent to which one is assigned.
Wikipedia
Man Up is the third album by the Danish blues-rock group The Blue Van. It was released on October 27, 2008 in Danish music stores and on iTunes under Iceberg Records.
Man Up is a 2015 British-French romantic comedy film directed by Ben Palmer from a screenplay written by Tess Morris, starring Simon Pegg and Lake Bell. The film follows a single 34-year-old woman (Bell), who after being mistaken for a stranger's blind date, finds the perfect boyfriend in a 40-year-old divorcee (Pegg). The film was released on 29 May 2015 by StudioCanal.
Man Up may refer to:
- Man Up (album), a 2008 album
- Man Up (film), a 2015 film
- ROH Man Up
- Man Up!, a 2011 sitcom
Usage examples of "man up".
Grasping his collar in one hand while pulling Raffaello's cap off with the other, he stood the man up and punched him hard in the gut forcing the air out with a gasp.
Hawkes plowed into the largest of the trio at full force, lifting the man up and out of his crouch, sending him flying from behind the protective wall of sand.
It was enough to drive a man up the bulkheads, he thought dejectedly.
As though he were a straw, Monk whirled the man up and back, let him fly.
We've 'been talking man to man up to this time and I'd kind of like to go on thataway.
The Comte de la Fere, who had remained a young man up to his sixty-second year.
Example: they won't help a hurt man up from the gutter due to the obligation it imposes.
He made a niche in his body under him and bore the man up and along.
Said there was a man up here working on an interesting musical code.