take it like a man



take it like a man

[for a male] to suffer misfortune stoically. (Compare this with take it.) She said some really cutting things to him, but he took it like a man. I knew he could take it like a man.
See also: like, man, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Pehr-Swedish
TimothÉtee-mo-TEFrench
Gbemisola-Western African, Yoruba
ZÜBeyde-Turkish
ClemenceKLEM-əntsEnglish
Channary-Khmer