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cuffed up

cuffed up is the simple past and past participle of cuff up.

Meaning of cuff up

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.

Questions about cuffed up

What is cuffed up the simple past and past participle of?
Cuffed up is the simple past and past participle of cuff up.

Words near cuffed up in the dictionary

  1. cuffband
  2. cuffbands
  3. Cuffe
  4. cuffed
  5. cuffed out
  6. cuffed up
  7. cuffee
  8. cuffees
  9. cuffer
  10. cuffers
  11. Cuffes

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