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Meanings of felt up in English

Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like.

Usage of felt up in English
1
Mr. Benedict felt up to it, and the two went out together.
Sevenoaks: A Story of Today
2
He felt up to the lip of the wall and peered over.
Orb Sceptre Throne
3
As soon as she felt up to it she would prepare a meal.
Kennedy's brain
4
Aftershocks had been felt up to nine miles away, Cronin said.
The Irish Times
5
And that was all the creating she felt up to for the day.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
6
Neither of us, I think, felt up to carrying on.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
7
She felt up to it again, although she was still a little bit tired.
Lightning
8
In one scene, he tells Baden: The first time you got felt up, guess what?
Reuters
9
For a moment nobody felt up to following that.
Children of Time
10
But he thought he felt up to connecting tonight.
The Vanished
11
This visit to Cambridge is almost the first amusement she has felt up to taking.
The Longest Journey
12
He reached the couch and felt up inside the frame where he'd taped the gun.
Running scared
13
I meant to finish this letter a week ago, but haven't felt up to it.
High Adventure: A Narrative of Air Fighting in France
14
The only difference was that now the mannequin didn't know when she was being felt up.
The Guardian
15
Apparently he hadn't felt up to bridging the ignition switch and taking it on the lam.
The big bite
16
She was going to find an apartment and, if she felt up to it, write a book.
Second chance
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Felt up through the time
Felt up across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common