man
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man definition


  1. n.
    one's friend; a buddy, not necessarily male. (Also a term of address.) : Look, man, take it easy!
  2. exclam.
    Wow! (Usually Man!) : Man, what a bundle!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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man

In addition to the idioms beginning with man, also see as one (man); company man; dead soldier (man); dirty joke (old man); every man for himself; every man has his price; girl (man) Friday; hatchet man; hired hand (man); ladies' man; low man on the totem pole; marked man; new person (man); no man is an island; odd man out; (man) of few words; one man's meat is another man's poison; own man; right-hand man; see a man about a dog; to a man. Also see under men.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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