a piece of clothing (usually for men), worn on the upper part of the body, made of light cloth, with sleeves and usually with a collar and buttons down the front
to wear a shirt and tiea short-sleeved shirta football shirt see also nightshirt, polo shirt, stuffed shirt, sweatshirt, T-shirtIdioms
keep your shirt on
(informal) used to tell somebody not to get angryKeep your shirt on! It was only a joke.put your shirt on somebody/something
(British English, informal) to bet all your money on somebody/somethingIt's a good horse, but I wouldn't put my shirt on it.the shirt off somebody's back
anything that somebody has, including the things they really need themselves, that somebody else takes from them or they are willing to give
He was the type of person who would give you the shirt off his back.


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