" lawyer up "

 [ "lawyer up" ]

1: to stop answering questions during a police interrogation and request a lawyer.

  * e.g.,  ... He lawyered up, but only after he confessed to being in Cheryl's apartment. 

 [ "lawyer up" ]

1:  for a criminal suspect to stop an interview with police and seek representation from a lawyer

  * e.g.,  ...  The interview ended abruptly when the suspect lawyered up. 

 [ "lawyer up" ]

2:  to threaten to sue someone

  * e.g.,  ...  "Laura's threatening to sue me over the marshmallow incident." 

 [ "lawyer up" ]

1: To plead the Fifth Amendment; to refuse to answer questions.

  * e.g.,  ... Officer Jackass: So whad'he tell ya? 

 [ "Lawyered-up" ]

1: To suddenly hire a malicious legal team in an effort to secure a strong victory in court.

  * e.g.,  ... Yo didn't Ron get charged with seven felonies a few months ago? Yes he did. But he's rich. He got himself all lawyered-up and got out of all the charges no problem. 

 [ "Lawyered Up" ]

1: A phrase used when someone is threating to sue another person

  * e.g.,  ... Chad : Hey Steve you need to stop sexually harassing my female employees they are all Lawyered Up and our company cannot afford this! 

 [ "Lawyer Up" ]

1: In our increasingly divided world, individuals suffer injustice everyday from other people, communities, corporations, governments and religious institutions. Many feel like they have no say in what is going down around them.

  * e.g.,  ... A developer from Italy is building a Mondo-Condo completely obliterating my Oceanside and harbor view. I found a Stone Age settlement in my back yard and now charge them with a violation of human rights by blocking a view that has stood for 25,000 years. I'm going to write UNESCO and show them the facts, and maybe the jerks will have to tear the fiasco down. 

 [ "Lawyer Up" ]

2: The answer to this dilemma is actually quite simple. Wait for the antagonist to step over the line and than take action by violating one of their new rules. Than cause a ruckus by taking a citation of some sort and act as your own defense. This causes the the antagonist to have to "Lawyer Up" in order to put you on the defensive.

  * e.g.,  ... Boy . . . they are going to have to Lawyer up to beat this one! 

 [ "Lawyer Up" ]

3: You act as your own defense . . . while they have to spend thousands maybe even millions trying to put you down. Call for interrogatories, depositions and keep great records of all their machinations. Spread your story of "David vs. Goliath" to the media and watch them implode from their own top heavy handed approach.