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
GustawGUWS-tahfPolish
DieuwkeDOO-kəFrisian
Mallory['mæləri]
Fen (1)-Chinese
Antoon-Dutch, Limburgish
Tiberiu-Romanian