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What is inanimate, yet can stand up,

Can start out copper and end up as steel,
So fragile, a child could break one,
But many have the strength to lift a man?
What is it?

User Sachindra
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Answer:

The answer is a human hair.

Step-by-step explanation:

The human hair is inanimate, that is, not alive. Yet, it can stand up when we are, for instance, frightened. "Can start out copper" probably refers to the color. As we grow old and our hair turns gray, it ends up "as steel". A single hair is so fragile that a child can break it. However, lots and lots of hair are strong, resistant, to the point you can lift a man by pulling him by his hair.

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