cheek up

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To act disrespectfully toward (someone). informal,transitive
    — An 'uncle' later offered the young Horatio a position in his solicitor's practice but the stupid boy cheeked up his employer instead of apologizing after making a mistake and informed him that, 'To err is human, but to forgive is divine'.

词形变化

cheeks up present,singular,third-person cheeking up participle,present cheeked up participle,past cheeked up past

词源

See cheek (“impudence, impertinence”).
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