to a man

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tuː‿ə ˈmæn/ (General American) IPA(key): /tuː‿ə ˈmæn/ Rhymes: -æn === Prepositional phrase === to a man Including every person; without exception; unanimously. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== as one man every last every man Jack to the last man === References === === Further reading === “to a man” under “man, n.1 (and interj.)”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2023. “to a man, phrase”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present; from Collins COBUILD Advanced Dictionary, 6th edition, Boston, Mass.: Heinle Cengage Learning; Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers, 2009, →ISBN. Colin McIntosh, editor (2013), “to a man, idiom”, in Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 4th edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, reproduced in the Cambridge English Dictionary website, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. === Anagrams === otaman