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cuffs up

cuffs up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 cuffs up

What is cuffs up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cuffs up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cuff up.

Words near cuffs up in the dictionary

  1. cufflinks
  2. cuffoye
  3. cuffs
  4. cuffs on the ear
  5. cuffs out
  6. cuffs up
  7. cuffuffle
  8. cuffuffles
  9. cuffy
  10. Cuffys
  11. Cufic

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