Phrase guide

have up

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To accuse, arrest, try for a criminal act.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, idiomatic, transitive

Examples

  • 2007, Saturday October 27, Don't write off religion - it can be the key to a stable family, by Anne Karpf in The Guardian If Richard Dawkins had his way, a fair number of you and, as it happens, me, would be had up for child abuse. According to him, that's what religious indoctrination of children by their parents is.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: charge, criminate, indict, accriminate, accuse, appeach, arraign, becry, have up, incriminate, inculpate

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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