man-to-man

Adjective man-to-man has 2 senses

• man-to-man(s = adj.all) - forthright and honest; "had a man-to-man talk about the facts of life"
• man-to-man(s = adj.all) one-on-one - being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player; "one-on-one defense"

Adverbial man-to-man has 1 sense

• man-to-man(r = adv.all) - directly; "we must talk man-to-man"