deliver up to
C1 formal inseparable transitive
In simple words
To give someone or something to a particular person or group that has authority over it.
Literal meaning: To bring something upward and hand it to a specific recipient.
Meanings
1 C1 formal
To formally hand over a person or thing to a specific authority or person.
"She refused to deliver the documents up to the investigators without a court order."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Formal, archaic, or literary. Commonly found in legal, religious, and historical writing. Rarely used in modern spoken English. The 'up to' suggests handing upward to a superior authority.
Commonly used with
authorities court God justice enemy police
Forms
Base
deliver up to
I/you/we/they
3rd person
delivers up to
he/she/it
Past simple
delivered up to
yesterday
Past participle
delivered up to
have + pp
-ing form
delivering up to
continuous
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