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chested up

chested up is the simple past and past participle of chest up.

Meaning of chest up

Verb

chest up (third-person singular simple present chests up, present participle chesting up, simple past and past participle chested up)

  1. (informal, transitive) To bump one's chest into (another person) aggressively; to physically challenge or confront.

Questions about chested up

What is chested up the simple past and past participle of?
Chested up is the simple past and past participle of chest up.

Words near chested up in the dictionary

  1. chestbag
  2. chestbags
  3. chested
  4. chested down
  5. chested one's cards
  6. chested up
  7. chestedness
  8. chesten
  9. chestens
  10. Chester
  11. Chester County

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