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lawyers up

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

What is lawyers up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lawyers up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lawyer up.

Words near lawyers up in the dictionary

  1. lawyerliness
  2. lawyerling
  3. lawyerlings
  4. lawyerly
  5. lawyers
  6. lawyers up
  7. lawyership
  8. lawyerships
  9. lawyerspeak
  10. lawyery
  11. lax

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