"turtle up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: turtles up [present, singular, third-person], turtling up [participle, present], turtled up [participle, past], turtled up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} turtle up (third-person singular simple present turtles up, present participle turtling up, simple past and past participle turtled up)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be defensive or hypervigilant; to adopt a defensive posture; to avoid conflict Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-turtle_up-en-verb-Ev58mWTD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for turtle up meaning in English (1.2kB)

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