pattern up

Verb

pattern up (third-person singular simple present patterns up, present participle patterning up, simple past and past participle patterned up)

1. (Multicultural-London-English) To sort oneself out; To fix up.
   • My gal so fine, pattern her. Sorry, little nigga, better pattern up.2019 June 20, “Persian”, performed by ZieZie
2. (Multicultural-London-English, transitive) To bring into line.

   Synonyms:

   sort out, correct, fix

3. (Multicultural-London-English, euphemistic, transitive) To inflict unlawful physical violence upon.
   • A ‘debt enforcer’ made a series of lurid threats of violence to someone who owed a drugs gang money, a court has heard.
     Louis Tyler Hall warned his target he was going to “pattern him up” and “chef him up” – references to inflicting wounds with a knife – unless he paid.2021 March 18, Jason Evans, “Drug gang enforcer jailed for threatening to ‘pattern up’ indebted user with a knife”, in WalesOnline
   • And I know some people tried to pattern me up. Boy, you gotta lose weight, else we'll fatten you up.2021, “DRIP_DROP_DRIP.wav”, performed by RJLDiablo