Last Updated :2025/11/20

put up one's dukes

Verb
idiomatic broadly
Japanese Meaning
拳を上げて戦う構えを取る / 喧嘩の準備として拳を握る
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見知らぬ人が近づきすぎると、その人は拳を握って身体の前に構え、喧嘩に備えるために威嚇的な姿勢をとった。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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(idiomatic) To raise one's clenched fists in front of one's body and stand in a threatening or defiant manner, in preparation for a fistfight.

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put up one's dukes

When the stranger stepped too close, one put up one's dukes and prepared to defend oneself.

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When the stranger stepped too close, one put up one's dukes and prepared to defend oneself.

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