person up
person up · persons up · personed up · personing up
To show courage, strength, toughness, or responsibilityTo show courage, strength, toughness, or responsibility; a gender-neutral alternative to "man up".
» Tom was the first person to show up.
Meaning
1 senses(humorous, nonstandard)To show courage, strength, toughness, or responsibility; a gender-neutral alternative to "man up".
Examples
10 sentencesTom was the first person to show up.
Tom isn't the type of person to give up.
ruТом не из тех, кто сдаётся. — marafon
I'm not the kind of person that gives up so easily.
Our teacher was a beautiful lady, but was not the type of person who dressed up.
Every single person who comes up here says that.
Origin
By analogy with man up.By analogy with man up.
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Forms
persons up, personing up, personed up, personed up| Base form | person up · to person up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | persons up |
| Present participle | personing up |
| Past simple | personed up |
| Past participle | personed up |
irregular
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb