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cheeks up to

cheeks up to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cheek up to.

Meaning of cheek up to

Verb

cheek up to (third-person singular simple present cheeks up to, present participle cheeking up to, simple past and past participle cheeked up to)

  1. (informal, transitive) To act disrespectfully toward (someone).
    • She thought of her sister Elizabeth with her eight, and remembered that one who cheeked up to the teachers, so pretty and sulky and shabby, ...2001 November 17, Muriel Spark, All the Stories of Muriel Spark, New Directions Publishing, →ISBN, page 44
    Synonyms:
    cheek up

Questions about cheeks up to

What is cheeks up to the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cheeks up to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cheek up to.

Words near cheeks up to in the dictionary

  1. cheekpouches
  2. cheeks
  3. cheeks it out
  4. cheeks it through
  5. cheeks up
  6. cheeks up to
  7. cheeksful
  8. cheekteeth
  9. cheektooth
  10. Cheektowaga
  11. cheeky

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