knuckle up

intransitive phrasal verb

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

to (prepare to) fight

Collocates bust² ⋅ grill² ⋅ act a fool ⋅ bang ⋅ buck ⋅ buck ⋅ cake ⋅ cap ⋅ game ⋅ hater ⋅ spark ⋅ throw down ⋅ toast

Domains Violence

Shout-outs Kane & Abel

Synonyms clique up ⋅ knuck ⋅ posse up

1991-08-30 Naughty By Nature "Guard Your Grill" [Naughty By Nature]
Guard your grill, knuckle up, put em up, yup!
1992-11-24 Apache "A Fight" [Apache Ain't Shit]
I, for one, spun around but knuckled up
1993-03-23 Ice-T "Watch The Ice Break" [Home Invasion]
Knuckle up, bust a fool in his fuckin eye

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