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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “on the defensive”. Compare French sur la défensive.
Prepositional phrase
sulla difensiva
- (sports, also figurative) on the defensive
2012, John Green, translated by Giorgia Grilli, Colpa delle Stelle [The Fault in our Stars], Mondadori, page 81:«E che cosa avrei fatto io a lei?» ha chiesto, sulla difensiva.- "What'd I do to her?" he asked, defensive.
- (literally, “"And what would I have done to her?" he asked, on the defensive.”)