"lawyered up" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more lawyered up [comparative], most lawyered up [superlative]
Etymology: From lawyer up. Etymology templates: {{m|en|lawyer up}} lawyer up Head templates: {{en-adj}} lawyered up (comparative more lawyered up, superlative most lawyered up)
  1. Having sufficient legal representation to protect oneself in the event of legal trouble
    Sense id: en-lawyered_up-en-adj-rQ~WXP-Z

Verb

Etymology: From lawyer up. Etymology templates: {{m|en|lawyer up}} lawyer up Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} lawyered up
  1. simple past and past participle of lawyer up Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: lawyer up
    Sense id: en-lawyered_up-en-verb-EocJSK5e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90

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