"have up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-have up.ogg Forms: has up [present, singular, third-person], having up [participle, present], had up [participle, past], had up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> up}} have up (third-person singular simple present has up, present participle having up, simple past and past participle had up)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic, UK) To accuse, arrest, try for a criminal act. Tags: UK, idiomatic, transitive

Inflected forms

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