lawyer up
Verb
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Verb
lawyer up
- (intransitive, chiefly, US, informal) To exercise one's right to legal representation, especially on the occasion of refusing to answer law-enforcement officials' questions without the presence of such legal representation.
- 2001, Amanda Ripley, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,167589,00.html Rage Of The Hamptons]," Time, 15 July:
- By the time patrol cars got to the friend's house, so had her lawyer. With her attorney running blocker, police could not even ascertain if Grubman had been driving the car, says Suffolk County district attorney James Catterson. "She was lawyered up, as we like to say."
- 2001, Amanda Ripley, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,167589,00.html Rage Of The Hamptons]," Time, 15 July:
- (intransitive, chiefly, US, informal, business) To conduct matters in accord with legal formalities or so as to avoid legal risk.
- Whenever we do business with those guys, we lawyer up to protect ourselves.
- (transitive, informal, business) To arrange in a way reflecting legal advice.
- By the time we finished lawyering up the agreement, we didn't want to sign it.
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