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lawyer up

verb
  1. To exercise one's right to legal representation; to engage the services of a lawyer. (US, informal, intransitive) · You'd better lawyer up!
  2. To conduct matters in accord with legal formalities or so as to avoid legal risk. (US, informal, intransitive) · Whenever we do business with those guys, we lawyer up to protect ourselves.
  3. To arrange in a way reflecting legal advice. (informal, transitive) · By the time we finished lawyering up the agreement, we didn't want to sign it.
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