lace up

adj, noun, verb — 4 senses

lace-up

adjalso spelled lace-up

1

Of footwear or clothing Fastening with a lace.

Related terms: laced up, straight-laced

lace-up

noun

1

A lace-up shoe or boot.

lace up

verb

1

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.2011 February 12, Oliver Brett, “Sunderland 1 - 2 Tottenham”, in BBC:

2

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 […]2015, David Lloyd, Start the Clock and Cue the Band: A Life in Television:
'Well,' said Ron, 'let's lace it up on the projector anyway, we might see something.'2016, Nicholas Lee, All This in 60 Minutes, page 26:

Antonyms: unlace

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