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lawyer up

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Verb

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Plain form
lawyer up

Third-person singular
lawyers up

Past tense
lawyered up

Past participle
lawyered up

Present participle
lawyering up

  1. (intransitive) (informal) If a person, company, etc. lawyers up, they get a lawyer to represent them when doing something, usually in court.
    The oil companies lawyered up and sued the government.