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put up your dukes 

Basically means fight me or put up your hands so we can square up.
Person 1: You don't want to fight me.
Person 2: Put up your dukes and we'll see who doesn't want to fight who.

pay your dues 

Practice your art with experience's (performance's) to become a more knowledgeable performance artist. Study, memorizing and performing dramatic, musical, stand up act's.
You got to (pay your dues) if you want to sing the blues and you know it don't come easy.
pay your dues by informed victim December 2, 2017

dudes in your cereal

literal, real life dudes swimming in your cereal.
“yo who’s swimming in my cereal?”
I think there’s dudes in your cereal”
dudes in your cereal by doggy_047 October 3, 2025