lace something up Definition

lace
noun

1. A delicate material, usually used to decorate clothes or for table linen, etc, made by knotting, looping or twisting thread into open intricate symmetrical patterns.
2. A string or cord drawn through holes or round hooks and used for fastening shoes, etc.

verb laced, lacing

tr & intr
1. To fasten or be fastened with a lace or laces.
2. To put a lace or laces into (shoes, etc).
3. To flavour, strengthen or adulterate something with alcohol, drugs, poison, etc.

Example: laced the trifle with sherry
Thesaurus: fortify, strengthen, spike (slang).
4. To trim with lace.
5. To weave in and out of something; to intertwine.
6. To mark or streak with colour.

Example: a pink carnation laced with deep red

Etymology: 13c: from Latin laqueum noose.

Phrasal Verb: lace into someone

To attack them physically or with words.

Phrasal Verb: lace something up

To tighten or fasten (shoes, etc) with laces. See also lace-up.To feed (film or tape) into the appropriate channels or guidelines on a projector, tape recorder, etc.