feel up
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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.
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feel someone up
to feel someone sexually. (Use discretion with topic.) I heard him say he really wanted to feel her up. He wanted to feel up the girl.
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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 up
v.
1. Vulgar Slang To touch or fondle someone sexually.
2. feel up to To feel ready to experience, do, or accomplish something; to feel capable of doing something: I'm tired, so I don't feel up to going to the movies. Once we felt up to confronting our boss, we drafted a letter of complaint.
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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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