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Meaning of dub up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To put someone in prison, or into their individual cell.
    slang, transitive
  2. To give up money; to give in to demands for money; pay up.
    archaic, slang, transitive

Examples

“[…] he said he had given Ryan two £5 notes to keep for him, and that if he didn't dub it up he would go down for the police; he never told me that Ryan had robbed him till Wednesday.”

CEFR level

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

dubbed dubbed up dubbin dubbined dubbing dubbing up

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