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The phrase "man down" is a correct and usable part of written English.
It is typically used in informal contexts to indicate that a person has been injured or defeated. For example, you might say, "We can't continue the match - we've got a man down!".
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man down
verb
To reduce in manpower.
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"Man down!" someone shouted.
"Man down," his colleagues shouted, "Man down".
"Woo woo whoopdoobam" – another man down".
"Man down!" she called halfway through.
You can't keep a good man down!
"We were a man down".
England are a man down too.
"I said, 'Oh, my gosh, man down!
He had to turn the man down".
He's a man down on his luck.
There was Switzerland, a man down, fighting for a tie.
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