Usually means: Embrace strength, responsibility, and courage.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word man up:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. man up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. man up: Merriam-Webster
  3. man up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. man up: Collins English Dictionary
  5. man-up: Wordnik
  6. man up: Wiktionary
  7. Man Up (TV series), Man Up (film), Man Up, Man Up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. man-up: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (man up)

verb:  (idiomatic, intransitive) To be brave or tough enough to deal with something in a manner that is considered strong or manly. (Compare man (“brace oneself, steel oneself”))
verb:  (military) (Of personnel) to assemble, each person manning (attending to) his station, prepared for the departure of an aircraft, ship, etc. (Compare man (“supply with staff; take up position to operate”).)
verb:  (of other personnel) To staff adequately; to staff up; to successfully fill all needed labor positions. (Compare man (“supply with staff”).)
verb:  (sports) To vigorously guard the opponent to whom one is assigned.

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