take (something) like a man
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To suffer, endure, or accept something in a stoic, unemotional manner. I'm sorry for being blunt, but if you can't take criticism like a man, then I suggest you find work in a different industry. You broke the rules, and now you've got to take your punishment like a man.
take it like a man
[for a male] to suffer misfortune stoically. (Compare this with take it.) She said some really cutting things to him, but he took it like a man. I knew he could take it like a man.