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Meaning of cheek up to | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To act disrespectfully toward (someone).

informal, transitive

Examples

“She thought of her sister Elizabeth with her eight, and remembered that one who cheeked up to the teachers, so pretty and sulky and shabby, ...”
“I suppose⟳ the nursing home was glad to get⟳ rid⟳ of him. He made passes at the youngest nurses and cheeked up to the older ones.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

cheeked cheeked it out cheeked it through cheeked up cheeked up to cheeking

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