grip up
grip up · grips up · gripped up · gripping up
To accost, clutch, grapple or roughly handleTo accost, clutch, grapple or roughly handle (someone or something).
Meaning
1 senses(slang)To accost, clutch, grapple or roughly handle (someone or something).
Forms
grips up, gripping up, gripped up, gripped upirregular
| Base form | grip up · to grip up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | grips up |
| Present participle | gripping up |
| Past simple | gripped up |
| Past participle | gripped up |
Tenses
grip up · gripped up · will grip up · have gripped upPoint at a form to see it in a sentence.Tap a form to see it in a sentence.
Phrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.