pattern up
verb1
Multicultural London English To sort oneself out; To fix up.
- My gal so fine, pattern her. Sorry, little nigga, better pattern up.2019 June 20, “Persian”, performed by ZieZie:
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Multicultural London English To bring into line.
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Multicultural London English, Euphemistic To inflict unlawful physical violence upon.
- A ‘debt enforcer’ made a series of lurid threats of violence to someone who owed a drugs gang money, a court has heard. Louis Tyler Hall warned his target he was going to “pattern him up” and “chef him up” – references to inflicting wounds with a knife – unless he paid.2021 March 18, Jason Evans, “Drug gang enforcer jailed for threatening to ‘pattern up’ indebted user with a knife”, in WalesOnline:
- And I know some people tried to pattern me up. Boy, you gotta lose weight, else we'll fatten you up.2021, “DRIP_DROP_DRIP.wav”, performed by RJLDiablo: