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chests up

chests up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 chests up

What is chests up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Chests up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chest up.

Words near chests up in the dictionary

  1. chestplates
  2. chests
  3. chests down
  4. chests of drawers
  5. chests one's cards
  6. chests up
  7. chestsful
  8. chestwear
  9. chesty
  10. Chesvan
  11. Cheswardine

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