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
OonaghOO-naIrish
WilliamWIL-ee-əm, WIL-yəmEnglish
Augusta[ɔ:'gʌstə]
Ronaldo-Portuguese
Johana-Czech
Jaala-Biblical