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lawyering up

lawyering up is the present participle and gerund of lawyer up.

Meaning of lawyer up

Verb

lawyer up (third-person singular simple present lawyers up, present participle lawyering up, simple past and past participle lawyered up)

  1. (US, informal, intransitive) To exercise one's right to legal representation; to engage the services of a lawyer.
    • You'd better lawyer up!
  2. (US, informal, intransitive) To conduct matters in accord with legal formalities or so as to avoid legal risk.
    • Whenever we do business with those guys, we lawyer up to protect ourselves.
  3. (informal, transitive) To arrange in a way reflecting legal advice.
    • By the time we finished lawyering up the agreement, we didn't want to sign it.

Questions about lawyering up

What is lawyering up the present participle and gerund of?
Lawyering up is the present participle and gerund of lawyer up.

Words near lawyering up in the dictionary

  1. lawyered up
  2. lawyerese
  3. lawyeress
  4. lawyeresses
  5. lawyering
  6. lawyering up
  7. lawyerings
  8. lawyerish
  9. lawyerism
  10. lawyerisms
  11. lawyerless

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