person up
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person up
Where it comes from
By analogy with man up.
verb persons up · personing up · personed up
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To show courage, strength, toughness, or responsibility; a gender-neutral alternative to "man up".
At one point Tuesday, during a testy question period exchange, deputy Tory leader Lisa Raitt urged the prime minister to “person up.”
Similar: boss up
Talk about this word "person up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/person%20up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. person up. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/person%20up "person up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/person%20up.Cite this
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title = {person up},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/person%20up},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
