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patterned up

patterned up is the simple past and past participle of pattern up.

Meaning of 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

Questions about patterned up

What is patterned up the simple past and past participle of?
Patterned up is the simple past and past participle of pattern up.

Words near patterned up in the dictionary

  1. patternates
  2. patternating
  3. patternation
  4. patternations
  5. patterned
  6. patterned up
  7. patternedness
  8. patterner
  9. patterners
  10. patternicities
  11. patternicity

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