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chesting up

chesting up is the present participle and gerund 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 chesting up

What is chesting up the present participle and gerund of?
Chesting up is the present participle and gerund of chest up.

Words near chesting up in the dictionary

  1. chestily
  2. chestiness
  3. chesting
  4. chesting down
  5. chesting one's cards
  6. chesting up
  7. chestless
  8. chestlike
  9. chestly
  10. chestne
  11. Chestney

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