Definition of get one's man
:to catch a criminal
- a detective who always gets his man
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get
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: to gain possession of
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: to receive as a return : earn
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: to obtain by concession or entreaty
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: something begotten:
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: offspring
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: the entire progeny of a male animal
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: a document of release from obligation in Jewish law
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: a religious divorce by Jewish law
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man
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: an individual human
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: a man belonging to a particular category (as by birth, residence, membership, or occupation)
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: husband
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: to supply with people (as for service)
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: to station members of a ship's crew at
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: to serve in the force or complement of
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