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⚖️ Legal work ⚖️ To use legal tactics
to lawyering

to lawyering

7.7
To use legal knowledge and arguments to handle a situation
  • verb
  • /ˈlɔːjərɪŋ/
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  • After realizing the company was being sued, she decided to lawyer up to protect her interests.

And when that realization hit him, his next best move was to get himself out of there by lawyering up.

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Examples

  • He had to lawyer up when he faced accusations that could damage his reputation.

  • And this has been something I've fought for for so long and I've had to lawyer up and negotiate for a year to get the rights back.

  • HMRC to lawyer up isn't a world of trouble.

  • In order to navigate the complicated legal dispute, they chose to lawyer up and seek professional help.

Synonyms

to lawyer
vsto lawyering
7 7.4

To give legal advice and represent someone in court

focuses more on using technical tactics and arguments in a situation
to navigate the law
vsto lawyering
  • Specialized
8.4

To understand and use laws when dealing with legal problems

involves acting for someone using tactics and technical arguments rather than only applying rules

How Lawyerly

to lawyering
7.7
to litigate
  • Specialized
27 8.2
to represent
  • Formal
835 2.7
to advise
414 2.2

Surface Forms

lawyering infinitive
lawyered past
lawyered past participle
lawyering present participle
lawyers third person singular

Morphology

lawyering = lawyer (transparent) = lawyer + ing

Present participle/gerund formation from the verb 'lawyer'; the form and meaning are regular and directly compositional.

Etymology

The word lawyering comes from law 'rules' with -er 'one who does' and -ing 'doing', like teacher is 'one who teaches'. So to be lawyering is to 'work the rules' and use legal knowledge and tactics to handle a situation.