Managing
Taking on
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- And rightly so - if Nigo was heroic, taking on all three members of FangOreo in their strongest forms (except Haruka) and managing to completely kite their strategy until Kaoru stopped her personal timeflow would probably qualify as a Crowning Moment of Awesome in its own right.
Source: Roleplay / Ride Alone Complex -
Col. Hardy from Man of Steel possibly outdoes Quaritch in terms of sheer badassitude, taking on a Kryptonian enemy with a combat knife —and no robot suit— and managing to pull a no-score draw, losing his life but banishing the villain back to the Phantom Zone in the process.
Source: Colonel Badass
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