dub up verb2 •(slang) To put someone in prison, or into their individual cell. •(slang, old-fashioned) To give up money; to give in to demands for money; pay up.[…] he said he had given Ryan two £5 notes to keep for him, and that if he didn't dub it up he would go down for the police; he never told me that Ryan had robbed him till Wednesday. — 1889 formsdubbed up · dubbing up · dubs up