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, correct, CP3, game, hater, spark, throw down, toast

Domains Violence

Synonyms beef, brawl, knock out of the box, rift, squab, stomp, tussle

Related concepts beefin, knuck, knuckle check

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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