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Shadow boxing is a form of physical exercise or training in which you move your hands and feet as if you are boxing someone.
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If you describe what two people or groups are doing as shadow boxing , you mean that they seem to be taking action against each other but in fact are not serious about the dispute.
...the tedious shadow boxing that we normally see between bosses and unions in Britain.
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