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lace up en · VERB
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(transitive) To fasten the laces of something.
However, with their first genuine attack, Sunderland scored - and they did it with Tottenham needlessly down to 10 men as Gallas laced up a replacement pair of boots.
2011 February 12, Oliver Brett, “Sunderland 1 - 2 Tottenham”, in BBC:
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(transitive) To insert (film) into a projector.
If the film arrived with minute to go, there would still be time for the technicians to lace it up […]
2015, David Lloyd, Start the Clock and Cue the Band: A Life in Television:'Well,' said Ron, 'let's lace it up on the projector anyway, we might see something.'
2016, Nicholas Lee, All This in 60 Minutes, page 26:
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Antonyms
unlace