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A crucial moment where one hides their erect penis by tucking it beneath the elastic of their shorts, usually in an opportunistic fashion, in the unexpected anticipation of standing up.
After twenty minutes of watching Hannah dance, poor Jimmy could hear the taxi for the town centre as it pulled up outside. He was grateful that she went to answer the door, since it gave him the briefest of moments to lever-up before they headed off to The Commercial Hotel.
lever-up by sir_rushington March 19, 2017
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Lever up 

Financing a firm’s acquisition with a significant amount of debt. A firm typically issues term loans and junk bonds to drive IRRs for their private equity overlords (due to tax-deductibility of interest).

Outside of its native LBO context, to ‘lever up’ refers to the act of getting rekt and fully sending it.
Ex.1: “Blackstone is about to lever up that company’s balance sheet to 6.9x LTM Adj EBITDA. They’re underwriting to a 42.0% net IRR”

Ex.2: “Yo Tucker was levered up last night and stage dived from the DJ booth right into some chick’s VIP table. He then called the bouncer a back-office jabroni as he was dragged out”
Lever up by djdsol69 December 25, 2019

level up 

To make a move in your life or career for the better.
I feel stale at this job, its time to level up.

I heard you got that record deal last week. Way to level up bro.
level up by Buffaunte February 11, 2006

level up 

When a player of a videogame has earned enough experience points to acquire a new level in a skill or skills. Often is accompanied by the ability to weild new weaponry, access new places, or begin new assignments.
A: Only 3K xp until I level up.
B: Nice!
level up by Hyenaste June 2, 2005

Level Up 

When you've made the next round of existence on this earth.
Also known as a birthday, anniversary, of other significant date that marks an individual's evolution.
Today is my birthday, another year around the Earth. I have made the next level up...
Level Up by Echo Nova July 18, 2022

Internet level up 

The art of using the Internet the way it was intended. That is, to improve yourself and max out your abilities, i.e. pack on muscle, learn how to give an orgasm, seduce, cook, martial arts become a ninja, etc. especially with sites like YouTube andVideojug, to become an expert/mastery of absolutely everything.

2. self-improvement to the point of epic badassery

3. the ability to learn things on the Internet thereby making teachers and every pain in the ass school subject obsolete.

4. Learning without the tyranny of teachers.
guy: I used to suck it absolutely everything but by learning it achieved intimate mastery on YouTube! thus achieving Internet level up.

Level Up 

To gain experience with a foreign language by conversing with people who are native speakers in their native tongue.
"Yo you see that Chinese guy over there."
"Yeah, why?"
"I'm about to go level up."
"Alright cool."
Level Up by wei shi February 10, 2018
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"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

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Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
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Pee Calculus

When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
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"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

or, in a positive usage:

"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
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