with the manner

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介词短语
  1. in the very act; red-handed. archaic,idiomatic
    — O villain, thou stolest a cup of sack eighteen years ago, and wert taken with the manner, and ever since thou hast blush'd extempore.

词源

Corruption of "with the mainer", from French main (“hand”).
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