English Explanatory Dictionary

to a man

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. Including every person; without exception; unanimously.

Pronunciation

/tuː‿ə ˈmæn/ En-us-to a man.oga

Word forms

to a man

Etymology

From to (“indicating a limit reached”) + a + man (“adult male human; human regardless of gender or sex”), indicating that something reaches the extent of every individual person.

Related words

as one man every last every man Jack to the last man
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