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a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do

a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do is the alternative form of one's got to do what one's got to do.

Meaning of one's got to do what one's got to do

Phrase

one's got to do what one's got to do

  1. (informal) A person must do what they feel is necessary or imperative.
    • Sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, even if his helpmate does not share his passion. Perhaps that's part of the attraction. Maybe a man wouldn't be so feverish about his garden if he had to share it with his partner, […]2000, Warren Schultz, A Man's Garden, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, →OCLC

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Words near a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do in the dictionary

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  6. a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do
  7. a man's home is his castle
  8. A Mariña Occidental
  9. a matter
  10. a mensa et thoro
  11. a mile wide and an inch deep

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