dub up

verb — 2 senses

dub up

verb

1

Slang To put someone in prison, or into their individual cell.

2

Dated, Slang To give up money; to give in to demands for money; pay up.

[…] he said he had given Ryan two £5 notes to keep for him, and that if he didn't dub it up he would go down for the police; he never told me that Ryan had robbed him till Wednesday.1889, New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, Votes & Proceedings, volume 1, page 428:

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