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Meaning of brass up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To pay a debt or hand over money.
    slang
  2. To shell.
    slang, transitive

Examples

“"What did he soak him? Five quid?" "Yes, sir." "And Gussie brassed up and was free?"”
“The next time I met RSM Simpson was when we were together being 'brassed up' by enemy artillery and mortar […]”
“I went back in and threw a hand-grenade under the bed and then I brassed up the house. They were dead, of course.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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