to the last man

to the last man
to a man/to the last man/literary phrase
used for saying that all the men in a group do something

The entire committee opposed him, to a man.

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to the last man — see man, 1
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to the last man
: until all the men in a group are killed, defeated, etc.

They vowed to fight to the last man.

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