feel someone up

feel up

vulgar slang To touch one in a sexual manner, especially by groping a woman's breasts. A noun or pronoun can be used between "feel" and "up." Some guy started feeling me up on the dance floor, so I slapped him across the face. It was super awkward—I got pushed into my date and I think she thought I was trying to feel her up.

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feel someone up

Touch or fondle someone sexually, as in She complained that her boss tried to feel her up. [Early 1900s]

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feel someone up

tv. to feel someone sexually. He tried to feel her up, but she wasn’t that drunk.

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