put up dukes

put up one's dukes

Fig. to be prepared to fight. He's telling you to put up your dukes. Put up your dukes and be a man!

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ume	oo-me	Japanese
Sofiya	sah-FEE-yah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Eija	AY-yah	Finnish
Amram	AM-ram (English), ahm-RAHM (Hebrew)	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Hebrew
Tondra	TON-drah	Esperanto
Linnette	li-NET	English (Rare)