English Dictionary

pattern up

verb

(MLE, transitive, intransitive) to bring into line. / (MLE, transitive, euphemistic) to inflict unlawful physical violence upon.

She needs to pattern up and start studying for the exam.

意味（1）

(MLE, transitive, intransitive) to bring into line.

意味（2）

(MLE, transitive, 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.

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.