handle up

verb

To take care of business; to get on with doing something.

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Meanings

verbhandle up (third-person singular simple present handles up, present participle handling up, simple past and past participle handled up)

present singular third person handles up · participle present handling up · participle past handled up · past handled up

  1. slangAfrican-American VernacularTo take care of business; to get on with doing something.
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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