pattern up

present singular third person patterns up · participle present patterning up · participle past patterned up · past patterned up

1. Multicultural London EnglishTo sort oneself out; To fix up.

   My gal so fine, pattern her. Sorry, little nigga, better pattern up.

   2019 June 20, “Persian”, performed by ZieZie

2. Multicultural London EnglishtransitiveTo bring into line.

   Synonyms: sort out, correct, fix

3. Multicultural London EnglisheuphemistictransitiveTo inflict unlawful physical violence upon.

   And I know some people tried to pattern me up. Boy, you gotta lose weight, else we'll fatten you up.

   2021, “DRIP_DROP_DRIP.wav”, performed by RJLDiablo

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   A ‘debt enforcer’ made a series of lurid threats of violence to someone who owed a drugs gang money, a court has heard. Louis Tyler Hall warned his target he was going to “pattern him up” and “chef him up” – references to inflicting wounds with a knife – unless he paid.

   2021 March 18, Jason Evans, “Drug gang enforcer jailed for threatening to ‘pattern up’ indebted user with a knife”, in WalesOnline