man up

prendre son courage à deux mains, se comporter en homme

Affronter une difficulté avec le courage ou la fermeté traditionnellement attendus d’un homme.

En anglais simple : To show courage and deal with something difficult, in a way traditionally expected of a man.

• Man up and tell the truth.
• She told him to man up and face his responsibilities.
• He finally manned up and apologized.

Comment l'utiliser : man up and do something (He told himself to man up and admit his mistake.)

Synonymes : be brave, toughen up, show courage

Contraires : chicken out

Expressions courantes : man up now, man up already, man up first

rejoindre son poste, prendre son poste

Rejoindre son poste de travail pour être prêt avant le départ d’un bateau ou d’un avion.

En anglais simple : To gather at your assigned working positions, ready for a ship or aircraft to leave.

• The crew must man up before departure.
• The sailors manned up as the captain prepared to leave port.
• Everyone had manned up by the time the engines started.

Synonymes : take stations, report to stations

Expressions courantes : man up early, man up aboard, man up now

pourvoir en personnel, compléter les effectifs

Fournir assez de personnel pour occuper tous les postes nécessaires à un travail ou à un service.

En anglais simple : To provide enough workers to fill all the positions needed for a job or service.

• We must man up the night shift.
• The company manned up its maintenance team before opening the factory.
• Can they man up the operation by Monday?

Comment l'utiliser : man up something (We need to man up the new production line.)

Synonymes : staff, staff up

Expressions courantes : man up something, man up fully, man up quickly

marquer un adversaire, défendre en individuel

Surveiller de près l’adversaire qu’on vous a demandé de bloquer.

En anglais simple : To closely guard the opposing player you have been assigned to stop.

• Man up and stop your player scoring.
• The defenders manned up as the other team attacked.
• You need to man up on their tallest player.

Comment l'utiliser : man up on someone (The coach told Lee to man up on their best scorer.)

Synonymes : mark, guard

Expressions courantes : man up tightly, man up defensively, man up now