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cuff up

cuff up verb: to handcuff (someone).

Verb

cuff up (third-person singular simple present cuffs up, present participle cuffing up, simple past and past participle cuffed up)

  1. (informal, transitive) To handcuff (someone).
  2. (transitive) To cuff (something) (to furnish with cuffs).
  3. (transitive) To suspend (someone) and bind their hands above their head, as punishment.

Forms of cuff up

third-person singular presentcuffs up
present participlecuffing up
past participlecuffed up
pastcuffed up

Questions about cuff up

What does cuff up mean?
Cuff up means to handcuff (someone).
What part of speech is cuff up?
Cuff up is a verb.
What is the past tense of cuff up?
The past tense of cuff up is cuffed up.

Words near cuff up in the dictionary

  1. cuff link
  2. cuff links
  3. cuff on the ear
  4. cuff out
  5. cuff the carrot
  6. cuff up
  7. cuff-link
  8. cuff-links
  9. cuffable
  10. cuffband
  11. cuffbands

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