grip up

verb

To accost, clutch, grapple or roughly handle (someone or something).

Meanings

verbgrip up (third-person singular simple present grips up, present participle gripping up, simple past and past participle gripped up)

present singular third person grips up · participle present gripping up · participle past gripped up · past gripped up

  1. slangTo accost, clutch, grapple or roughly handle (someone or something).
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APA

grip up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grip%20up

MLA

“grip up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grip%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grip up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grip%20up.

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