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deliver up to

deliver up to verb: to hand over or surrender (something or someone) to.

Verb

deliver up to (third-person singular simple present delivers up to, present participle delivering up to, simple past and past participle delivered up to)

  1. (idiomatic) To hand over or surrender (something or someone) to.
    • The hostages were delivered up to the waiting agents.

Forms of deliver up to

third-person singular presentdelivers up to
present participledelivering up to
past participledelivered up to
pastdelivered up to

Questions about deliver up to

What does deliver up to mean?
Deliver up to means to hand over or surrender (something or someone) to.
What part of speech is deliver up to?
Deliver up to is a verb.
What is the past tense of deliver up to?
The past tense of deliver up to is delivered up to.

Words near deliver up to in the dictionary

  1. deliver over into
  2. deliver over to
  3. deliver the goods
  4. deliver the message to Garcia
  5. deliver up
  6. deliver up to
  7. deliver'd
  8. deliverability
  9. deliverable
  10. deliverables
  11. deliverance

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