"sulla difensiva" meaning in Italian

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "on the defensive"
      },
      "expansion": "“on the defensive”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "on the defensive"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “on the defensive”",
      "name": "lit"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "sur la défensive"
      },
      "expansion": "French sur la défensive",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “on the defensive”. Compare French sur la défensive.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "prepositional phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "sulla difensiva",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "langcode": "it",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "it:Sports",
          "parents": [
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "\"What'd I do to her?\" he asked, defensive.",
          "ref": "2012, John Green, translated by Giorgia Grilli, Colpa delle Stelle [The Fault in our Stars], Mondadori, page 81:",
          "text": "«E che cosa avrei fatto io a lei?» ha chiesto, sulla difensiva.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "on the defensive"
      ],
      "id": "en-sulla_difensiva-it-prep_phrase-6ShIn8l9",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "on the defensive",
          "on the defensive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports, also figurative) on the defensive"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sulla difensiva"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "on the defensive"
      },
      "expansion": "“on the defensive”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "on the defensive"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “on the defensive”",
      "name": "lit"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "sur la défensive"
      },
      "expansion": "French sur la défensive",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “on the defensive”. Compare French sur la défensive.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "prepositional phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "sulla difensiva",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
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        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian multiword terms",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "it:Sports"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "\"What'd I do to her?\" he asked, defensive.",
          "ref": "2012, John Green, translated by Giorgia Grilli, Colpa delle Stelle [The Fault in our Stars], Mondadori, page 81:",
          "text": "«E che cosa avrei fatto io a lei?» ha chiesto, sulla difensiva.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "on the defensive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "on the defensive",
          "on the defensive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports, also figurative) on the defensive"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sulla difensiva"
}