tenérselas tiesas con

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Etymology

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Verb

tenérselas tiesas con (first-person singular present me las tengo tiesas con, first-person singular preterite me las tuve tiesas con, past participle las tenido tiesas con)

  1. (idiomatic) to stand up to; to affront
    • 1859, Juan Martínez Villergas, La vida en el chaleco:
      anda por allí un oso blanco del Polo que podría tenérselas tiesas con todos los leones del Africa
      There's a polar bear over there that could hold its own against any African lion.
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