to a man

1. Unanimously, without exception, as in The committee voted against the proposal to a man. This expression, first recorded in 1712, uses man in the sense of “everyone.” It continues to be so used despite its sexist tone. To a woman is very occasionally used for unanimous actions in groups that include only women. Also see as one; with one voice.

Example Sentences

Sampson exudes the type of combination of optimism and naïvete endemic to a man who grew up wealthy.

From Salon

A court in India has given the death penalty to a man for burning alive his wife over her skin colour.

From BBC

Miles lost to Gething, in circumstances where the latter's campaign was boosted by, in Welsh Labour terms, a huge sum of cash from a company connected to a man convicted previously of illegally dumping waste.

From BBC

Police were able to trace it to a man who disappeared in the area in June 1997 after falling into a glacier crack during a snowstorm.

From BBC

Because of their size, they presumably belonged to a man.

From BBC