man down (English, verb)
expansion: man down (third-person singular simple present mans down, present participle manning down, simple past and past participle manned down)
Senses:
glosses: To lose courage or cause to lose courage.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To reduce in manpower.
tags: transitive
topics: falconry
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: To train (a raptor or other type of bird) to become accustomed to the presence of people; to man.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: mans down
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: manning down
tags: participle
present
form: manned down
tags: participle
past
form: manned down
tags: past