knife up
Advanced (C1)slang
To attack someone with a knife, or to get knives ready.
"The report said the victim had been knifed up during the altercation outside the club."
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Put my knife up.
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literally I just take my knife up there.
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But when they bury that knife up, get an organ, dump their guts.
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Matthias J Barker · 1:01
and so there's a knife up against my throat but I'm holding it
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Gordon Ramsay · 7:43
of the loin of pork come back down in towards the bone turn the knife up