man up

男らしく振る舞う、勇気を出す

昔から男性に期待されてきたように、勇気を出して困難に対処する。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： man up and do something (He told himself to man up and admit his mistake.)

類義語： be brave, toughen up, show courage

反対語： chicken out

よく使う表現： man up now, man up already, man up first

持ち場につく、配置につく

船や飛行機の出発に備えて、割り当てられた持ち場につく。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： take stations, report to stations

よく使う表現： man up early, man up aboard, man up now

人員を配置する、必要な人員を揃える

仕事やサービスに必要なすべての役割を埋めるだけの人員を揃える。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： man up something (We need to man up the new production line.)

類義語： staff, staff up

よく使う表現： man up something, man up fully, man up quickly

マンツーマンで守る、相手を厳しくマークする

守備を任された相手選手を、ぴったりついてマークする。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： man up on someone (The coach told Lee to man up on their best scorer.)

類義語： mark, guard

よく使う表現： man up tightly, man up defensively, man up now