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Definition 2024
shirt-front
shirt-front
See also: shirtfront
English
Verb
shirt-front (third-person singular simple present shirt-fronts, present participle shirt-fronting, simple past and past participle shirt-fronted)
- (sport) To knock down an opponent by colliding with them chest-to-chest (Australian Rules Football) or tackle them by grabbing their chest by their shirt front and wrestling them to the ground (Rugby League Football).
- (general) To aggressively threaten an opponent by standing toe-to-toe with them while or before verbally or physically abusing them.