lace up

present singular third person laces up · participle present lacing up · participle past laced up · past laced up

1. transitiveTo fasten the laces of something.

   However, with their first genuine attack, Sunderland scored - and they did it with Tottenham needlessly down to 10 men as Gallas laced up a replacement pair of boots.

   2011 February 12, Oliver Brett, “Sunderland 1 - 2 Tottenham”, in BBC

2. transitiveTo insert (film) into a projector.

   'Well,' said Ron, 'let's lace it up on the projector anyway, we might see something.'

   2016, Nicholas Lee, All This in 60 Minutes, page 26

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   If the film arrived with minute to go, there would still be time for the technicians to lace it up […]

   2015, David Lloyd, Start the Clock and Cue the Band: A Life in Television