as one man
as one man
1. In unison. The dancers moved as one man across the stage.
2. Unanimously. The committee reached that decision as one man.
See also: man, one
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
as one man
1. In complete agreement; unanimously.
2. With no exception: They objected as one man.
See also: man, one
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
as one man
Unanimously, together. The term appears in the King James Version of the Book of Judges (20:8): “And all the people arose as one man.” More recently John R. Green used it in A Short History of the English People (1876): “Spain rose as one man against the stranger.”
See also: man, one
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- candy man
- man on the make
- caveman
- man after my own heart
- a man after (one's) own heart
- a man, woman, etc. after your own heart
- a man/woman of few words
- a man of few words
- man of few words
- man of few words, a