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to a man
Idioms and Phrases
Unanimously, without exception, as in The committee voted against the proposal to a man . This expression, first recorded in 1712, uses man in the sense of “everyone.†It continues to be so used despite its sexist tone. To a woman is very occasionally used for unanimous actions in groups that include only women. Also see as one ; with one voice .Example Sentences
He hesitated before pointing across the courtroom to a man with a weather-beaten face.
After he reclaimed ownership two years later, a BBC reporter visited the home and spoke to a man and a woman with a young child who had a bogus rental contract.
The brain belonged to a man killed in his bed inside a building called the Collegium on the main street of the Roman city Herculaneum.
She gave one of her kidneys to a man from London, after she discovered her father-in-law and good friend were both on kidney dialysis.
In a twist that only strengthens their bond, Feniger was once married to a man named Josh Schweitzer — who is now Milliken’s husband.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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