Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
dub up en · VERB
Meanings
(slang, transitive) To put someone in prison, or into their individual cell.
(dated, slang, transitive) To give up money; to give in to demands for money; pay up.
[…] 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. 1889, New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, Votes & Proceedings, volume 1, page 428: