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How to use man-to-man in a sentence

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There might not be a linebacker or safety in the league who can cover Westbrook man-to-man.
These Hoyas occasionally use full-court presses, and they will sometimes trap out of their half-court man-to-man.
Dad did occasionally try to talk to me in a man-to-man, father-to-son kind of way.
It has elements of stud and draw games in it, but is unique in that all betting is done heads-up, or man-to-man.
We see the use of lances with hooks, to unhorse an opponent, but there is little mounted archery, and too much man-to-man sword fighting in small, confused melees.
And it's not as exhausting as a man-to-man, thus keeping the starters fresh and trimming demands on the bench.
Like current UCLA freshmen Damien Allen and Jason Bell, Anderson specializes in man-to-man coverage.
This off-the-ball running can cause all sorts of headaches for defenders, especially in man-to-man defenses.
The last time we played them, if it was man-to-man coverage, we showed them man-to-man,'' Broncos safety Steve Atwater said.
If you continue to play just man-to-man, it's easier for them to beat you,'' Toledo said.
The game petered out into its traditional pattern of man-to-man marking.
Barnes prefers playing man-to-man defense.
Sauer excelled against both man-to-man and zone coverages.
We won the national championship thanks in great part to the way we handled all the man-to-man pressure defense we encountered.
We've been in the top five statistically in man-to-man defense since I've been a head coach.
Knight was an immediate success at Army because of his coaching philosophy, which stressed discipline, unselfish play, and relentless man-to-man defense.
What the Red Raiders have grasped, however, are the hallmarks of Knight-coached teams: a premium on suffocating man-to-man defense, a dizzying motion offense and rules that are strictly, and often bellicosely, enforced.
If your pre-snap read indicates a corners alignment inside your split receivers, facing slightly away from the QB, the defense is in a man-to-man alignment.
Although the Patriots prefer to play a half-court motion offense and man-to-man defense, they expect to see an up-tempo offense and a pressure defense from the Eagles.
They'll have trouble playing a man-to-man against such a fast guard and tall center.
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Examples from Classical Literature
It was all very simple, this man-to-man system of traffic, but no one took it lightly or in the spirit of jest.
Never before had they used the bayonet so freely or met the enemy in such a man-to-man grapple to the death.
Where are your convictions about the man-to-man obligations?
He had whipped Brayley in a fair, square, hand-to-hand, man-to-man fight.
It was the man-to-man Stillman, without artifice and reservations.
He will not feel the personal, or man-to-man contact of your thoughts.
In a man-to-man duel he had an excellent chance of survival.
Razor-sharp man-to-man marking is needed and each defender must stay with his man.
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