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having up

having up is the present participle and gerund 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 having up

What is having up the present participle and gerund of?
Having up is the present participle and gerund of have up.

Words near having up in the dictionary

  1. having time on one's hands
  2. having time on one's side
  3. having to
  4. having to say for oneself
  5. having truck with
  6. having up
  7. having Van Gogh's ear for music
  8. having way
  9. having words
  10. havingness
  11. havings

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