Meaning of man down | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To lose courage or cause to lose courage.
   idiomatic, transitive
2. To reduce in manpower.
   transitive
3. To train (a raptor or other type of bird) to become accustomed to the presence of people; to man.
   transitive

Examples

“Ministers and a good many of their supporters worked in relays, and had so manned down the feeble and numerically small Opposition till we had not strength nor mental energy enough to resist.”

“A famous champion, he; super-expert in the art of "manning down" his opponent, and sometimes in the heat of battle glowing with such an ardour of excitement that he would make wide jumps, quite against every rule, and sweep off pieces wholesale.”

“Normally, I'd psych myself out of approaching her. I looked at her, trying to find something that reinforced my manning down.”

“These men have gotten word that the fort we left, Ridgeway, is manning down. So we have no worries about that.”

“Eyasses begin a transition period in the late summer as their falconry training begins. This critical period involves manning down the raptor, slowly lowering the body weight, and controlled flight training.”

“When taken directly from the chamber, initially Mrs Woods [a sparrowhawk] showed a high level of fear but when manned down, she went on to show no aggression whatsoever.”

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