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turtles up

turtles up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of turtle up.

Meaning of turtle up

Verb

turtle up (third-person singular simple present turtles up, present participle turtling up, simple past and past participle turtled up)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be defensive or hypervigilant; to adopt a defensive posture; to avoid conflict

Questions about turtles up

What is turtles up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Turtles up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of turtle up.

Words near turtles up in the dictionary

  1. turtler
  2. turtlers
  3. turtles
  4. turtles all the way down
  5. turtles down
  6. turtles up
  7. Turtlese
  8. turtleshell
  9. turtleshells
  10. turtlesoup
  11. turtlesoups

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