Definition
To put up with something or take responsibility for it; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining.
Also Said As
- deal with it
- grin and bear it
- lump it
- man up
- push through it
- suck it up
- take it like a man
How People Actually Use It
A phrase that is used by "men" who suffer from severe inferior complexity and lack of ball-growth and hormone secretion, thus passing such a comment on others who are a threat to their masculinity or lack of it.
"You don't like metal? Be a man. You watch romantic comedies? Be a man."
Source: Urban Dictionary