Definition of "laced-up" [laced-up]

• Fastened with a lace. (adjective)
• Fixed in the sprockets of the projector. (adjective)
• Restrained; uptight. (adjective)
• Ready for a fight (and numerous derived shades of meaning). (adjective)

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• "He wears camouflage trousers and laced-up boots and a worn black T-shirt with the sleeves cut off, the phrase REBEL: PUNK AND SKIN PRIDE, ANTI-FASCISTS on front."
• "Every few meters along the perimeter, imposing Mexican guards stand wearing cocked berets, navy trousers tucked into laced-up combat boots, and heavy fatigue vests."
• "There was the day he got spooked by a rattlesnake, fell and broke his ankle he spent the next few weeks jogging with a laced-up boot."