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has up

has up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of have up.

Meaning of have up

Verb

have up (third-person singular simple present has up, present participle having up, simple past and past participle had up)

  1. (UK, idiomatic, transitive) To accuse, arrest, try for a criminal act.
    • In the police courts it is not uncommon to hear that such and such low persons have been "had up" for "cat and kitten sneaking," i.e., stealing quart and pint pots.1867, Jacob Larwood, John Camden Hotten, The History of Signboards, page 177

Questions about has up

What is has up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Has up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of have up.

Words near has up in the dictionary

  1. has time on one's hands
  2. has time on one's side
  3. has to
  4. has to say for oneself
  5. has truck with
  6. has up
  7. has Van Gogh's ear for music
  8. has way
  9. has words
  10. has't
  11. has-a

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