"swack up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: swacks up [present, singular, third-person], swacking up [participle, present], swacked up [participle, past], swacked up [past]
Etymology: UK c. 1860s. Used at Christ's Hospital School, Sussex. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} swack up (third-person singular simple present swacks up, present participle swacking up, simple past and past participle swacked up)
  1. (dated, British, school slang) To lie; to deceive; to take in. Wikipedia link: Christ's Hospital Tags: British, dated

Inflected forms

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