cuff up

verb

To handcuff (someone).

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Meanings

verbcuff up (third-person singular simple present cuffs up, present participle cuffing up, simple past and past participle cuffed up)

present singular third person cuffs up · participle present cuffing up · participle past cuffed up · past cuffed up

  1. informaltransitiveTo handcuff (someone).
  2. transitiveTo cuff (something) (to furnish with cuffs).
  3. transitiveTo suspend (someone) and bind their hands above their head, as punishment.
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APA

cuff up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuff%20up

MLA

“cuff up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuff%20up. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cuff up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuff%20up.

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