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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

cheek up to en · VERB

Etymology

See cheek (“impudence, impertinence”).

Meanings

  1. (informal, transitive) To act disrespectfully toward (someone).
    • 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. 2012 March 20, Muriel Spark, Reality and Dreams: A Novel, Open Road Media, →ISBN:
    • 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, ... 2001 November 17, Muriel Spark, All the Stories of Muriel Spark, New Directions Publishing, →ISBN, page 44:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cheeking up to Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cheeks up to Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cheeked up to Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cheeked up to Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

cheek up