Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To be defensive or hypervigilant; to adopt a defensive posture; to avoid conflict

Forms

turtles up, turtling up, turtled up, turtled up
Base formturtle up · to turtle up
3rd person singularturtles up
Present participleturtling up
Past simpleturtled up
Past participleturtled up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyturtle up
he, she, itturtles up

Past simpleLesson

all personsturtled up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave turtled up
he, she, ithas turtled up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill turtle up

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
turquoiseturtleB1turtlenecktusktussle
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