ˌman-to-ˈmanadjectiveadj [only before noun] informal
1.TALK TO somebodyif two men have a man-to-man talk, they discuss something in an honestdirect way 〔两个男人之间〕坦诚的,开诚布公的
2.playing a sport in such a way that one person on your team tries to stayclose to one person on the other team 〔球赛中〕人盯人的
—man-to-manadverbadv
You two need to discuss this man-to-man.
你们两个人需要坦率地讨论一下这个问题。
Examples from the Corpus
man-to-man• So I strode up there to have this man-to-manchat with Nick.• man-to-mandefense• Blue said the team is exciting to watch, in part, because they play man-to-man defense.• From what I could see Fairclough played as a form of sweeper with a man-to-manjob in Wegerle.• It's always man-to-manstuff with them.• In 1959, at their man-to-man talks at Camp David, Eisenhower and Khrushchev admitted this to each other.