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Discover LudwigThe phrase "lawyer up" is an example of widely used informal slang in spoken and written English
It means to get a lawyer to help with a legal issue, to seek legal assistance or to start using legal advice. For example: "If you want to protect your rights, you should lawyer up."
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lawyer up
verb
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.
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Was it the demonstration that a rich defendant can lawyer up and beat a criminal prosecution?
"The school plan was just a test to see if the neighbors were going to have the wherewithal to lawyer up".
As for Mr. Strauss-Kahn's claims of a willingness to speak, the former prosecutor expressed doubt, saying, "This kind of guy is going to lawyer up within seconds".
He seems to think if he gives terrorists the rights of Americans, lets them lawyer up and reads them their Miranda rights, we won't be at war. . . .
During the dispute, he had taken to Twitter to tell the Disney corporation to "lawyer up Mickey".
As the multi-billion-dollar corporation is said to be going to war with the star DJ, Deadmau5 trumpeted his defiance, tweeting, "Lawyer up mickey".
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They contracts specify that you will not pay the lawyer up-front.
Who else has lawyered up?
I took those lawyers up to see Howard.
The Mongolian government lawyered up, retaining Painter, the Houston attorney.
Witnesses began "lawyering up," as Mr. Mintz put it.
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