man enough en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable) sufficiently courageous
Are you man enough to look death in the face; or shall I run the risk of the hounds raising an outcry, and go in myself?
1854, James Fenimore Cooper, The Prairie: A Tale; in Three Volumes, page 245:When I'm broken down and I can't stand / Would you be man enough to be my man?
1993, “Strong Enough”, in Tuesday Night Music Club, performed by Sheryl Crow:But the troll seldom came out in the open air, and the mountain was well closed, so the youngster was not man enough to get inside.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 101:
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de Mann genug (sufficiently courageous)