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Smartenglish@hanmail.net Posted 4 years ago
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Then you better lawyer up

I would like to know why he said "Then you better lawyer up"

  

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You forgot the period. " To lawyer up is to acquire a lawyer to defend yourself against possible criminal prosecution. The boy in the cartoon has stretched that meaning to include civil action.

  • You forgot the period.
  • " To lawyer up is to acquire a lawyer to defend yourself against possible criminal prosecution.
  • The boy in the cartoon has stretched that meaning to include civil action.
  • He intends to sue the teacher for keeping him from seeking medical treatment.
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You forgot the period.

Email Removed">Email RemovedI would like to know why he said "Then you better lawyer up"

That is the common lazy way of saying "Then you had better lawyer up." To lawyer up is to acquire a lawyer to defend yourself against possible criminal prosecution. The boy in the cartoon has stretched that mea

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