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Man-to-man   /mæn-tu-mæn/   Listen
Man-to-man

adjective
1.
Forthright and honest.
2.
Being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player.  Synonym: one-on-one.






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"Man-to-man" Quotes from Famous Books



... Anxious as she was, she yet saw while she spoke—and he saw—that Julian had at length sighted Hugh and that at least three-fourths of the audience, the whole male portion, was eying that pair with the alertness of man's primitive interest in man-to-man encounter. At her mention of the sick boy the gold hunter ceased to ...
— Gideon's Band - A Tale of the Mississippi • George W. Cable

... ripped the envelope open and read the contents. It was in Moss's own cramped handwriting, and it was a request for a three o'clock "man-to-man" talk. ...
— The Success Machine • Henry Slesar

... you to a man-to-man fight to take place this afternoon at two o'clock. I will meet you over the German lines. Have your anti-air craft guns withhold their fire, while we decide which is the better man. The British ...
— Aircraft and Submarines - The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day - Uses of War's Newest Weapons • Willis J. Abbot



Words linked to "Man-to-man" :   individual, sport, single, direct, one-on-one, athletics



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