"cheek up" meaning in All languages combined

See cheek up on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: cheeks up [present, singular, third-person], cheeking up [participle, present], cheeked up [participle, past], cheeked up [past]
Etymology: See cheek (“impudence, impertinence”). Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cheek up (third-person singular simple present cheeks up, present participle cheeking up, simple past and past participle cheeked up)
  1. (transitive, informal) To act disrespectfully toward (someone). Tags: informal, transitive Synonyms: cheek up to

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "See cheek (“impudence, impertinence”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cheeks up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheeking up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheeked up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheeked up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "cheek up (third-person singular simple present cheeks up, present participle cheeking up, simple past and past participle cheeked up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015 02, Yvalanna Gregory, Marjie - The true story of an Edwardian girl, ShieldCrest, →ISBN, page 19:",
          "text": "An 'uncle' later offered the young Horatio a position in his solicitor's practice but the stupid boy cheeked up his employer instead of apologizing after making a mistake and informed him that, 'To err is human, but to forgive is divine'.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 April 5, Ralph Spurrier, A Coin for the Hangman, Bookline & Thinker, →ISBN:",
          "text": "He hesitated for a moment before continuing, “But Reg was too cocky, way too cocky for his own good, and the way he cheeked up the governor on that morning before the execution only served to dig his own grave, as it were.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To act disrespectfully toward (someone)."
      ],
      "id": "en-cheek_up-en-verb-0rlz4phQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "disrespectful",
          "disrespectful"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive, informal) To act disrespectfully toward (someone)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cheek up to"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cheek up"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "See cheek (“impudence, impertinence”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cheeks up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheeking up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheeked up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheeked up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015 02, Yvalanna Gregory, Marjie - The true story of an Edwardian girl, ShieldCrest, →ISBN, page 19:",
          "text": "An 'uncle' later offered the young Horatio a position in his solicitor's practice but the stupid boy cheeked up his employer instead of apologizing after making a mistake and informed him that, 'To err is human, but to forgive is divine'.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 April 5, Ralph Spurrier, A Coin for the Hangman, Bookline & Thinker, →ISBN:",
          "text": "He hesitated for a moment before continuing, “But Reg was too cocky, way too cocky for his own good, and the way he cheeked up the governor on that morning before the execution only served to dig his own grave, as it were.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To act disrespectfully toward (someone)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disrespectful",
          "disrespectful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To act disrespectfully toward (someone)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cheek up to"
        }
      ],
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        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cheek up"
}

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