Meaning of to a man | Babel Free

Definitions

Including every person; without exception; unanimously.

Equivalents

Examples

“There is hardly a man in the world, one would think⟳ so ignorant, as not to know⟳ that the ordinary quack-doctors, who publish⟳ their great abilities in little brown billets, distributed to all who pass⟳ by, are to a man impostors and murderers; […]”

“To a man, Cyrenaica's new landlords insist they are the launchpad for a countrywide liberation, with Tripoli as the capital, not a separatist movement.”

“[W]ould Iran’s players sing⟳ their national anthem, which is seen as a gesture in support⟳ of the regime? To a man, the answer⟳ was a stony-faced no.”

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