Man
Man verb - Provide with workers.
Operate
Operate verb - To control the mechanical operation of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Megamind: Megamind appears to accept that defeat is inevitable in his conflict with superhero Metro Man and operate accordingly.
Source: Contractual Genre Blindness -
Tenma is later presented a similar situation, and opts instead to save the young boy he was about to operate on over another man of importance.
Source: Just Following Orders -
Also, it seems like the mission where you hijack the battle cruisers with a single pilot each shows that it can at least operate with a one man crew.
Source: Video Game / StarCraft I
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Operate and Man. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/man/operate
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Operate or Man. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/man/operate.
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