"chest up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: chests up [present, singular, third-person], chesting up [participle, present], chested up [participle, past], chested up [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: informal, transitive

Inflected forms

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