pattern up

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pattern up (third-person singular simple present patterns up, present participle patterning up, simple past and past participle patterned up)

1. (MLE) To sort oneself out; To fix up.
   • 2019 June 20, “Persian”, performed by ZieZie:

     My gal so fine, pattern her. Sorry, little nigga, better pattern up.

2. (MLE, transitive) To bring into line.

   Synonyms: sort out, correct, fix

3. (MLE, transitive, euphemistic) To inflict unlawful physical violence upon.
   • 2021 March 18, Jason Evans, “Drug gang enforcer jailed for threatening to ‘pattern up’ indebted user with a knife”, in WalesOnline‎^[1]:

     A ‘debt enforcer’ made a series of lurid threats of violence to someone who owed a drugs gang money, a court has heard.
     Louis Tyler Hall warned his target he was going to “pattern him up” and “chef him up” – references to inflicting wounds with a knife – unless he paid.

   • 2021, “DRIP_DROP_DRIP.wav”, performed by RJLDiablo:

     And I know some people tried to pattern me up. Boy, you gotta lose weight, else we'll fatten you up.