to a man
Every single one
Without exception, every single person in a group.
The phrase emphasizes unanimous participation or agreement: The soldiers followed him to a man.
It can also describe complete destruction: The garrison was slaughtered to a man.
Despite the gendered language, the expression applies to any group acting with total unanimity.
- without exceptionTrue for all cases
- collectivelyAs a whole group
- unanimouslyWith total accord
- all togetherIn one collective action
- as oneIn complete agreement
every last one · entirely · in unison · everyone · wholly · universally · down the line · completely · with one voice · consensus · bar none · no exceptions · one and all · comprehensively · in concert · absolutely · each · each and every
to a manpartially
To an incomplete extent
in part · not entirely · incompletely · here and there · sporadically
to a mandivisively
In a splitting manner
half-heartedly · contentiously · discordantly · fractiously · unevenly
man, woman, human, to, manly, humane, humanity, mankind, womanly