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man enough en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (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 Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 101:

Coordinates

woman enough

Translations (1)

de Mann genug (sufficiently courageous)