lace

/leɪs/ verb

Translation

lace sth up phrasal verb

› to fasten something with laces

bağcıklarla bağlamak

He laced up his boots.1654

be laced with sth phrasal verb

› If food or drink is laced with alcohol or a drug, a small amount has been added to it.

bir şey ilave etmek/katmak

coffee laced with brandy893

(Definition of lace verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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