lace up

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lace up

verb laces up · lacing up · laced up

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.
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 […]

Opposite: unlace

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@misc{lace_up_2026,
  title = {lace up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lace%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}