deliver something up Definition

deliver
verb delivered, delivering

1. To carry (goods, letters, etc) to a person or place.

Thesaurus: transport, carry, transfer, convey, bear, bring, cart.
2. To give or make (a speech, etc).

Thesaurus: announce, address, present, read, declare, proclaim, pronounce.
3. To help (a woman) at the birth of (a child).
tr & intr
4. colloq
To keep or fulfil (a promise or undertaking).
5. formal
To aim or direct (a blow, criticism, etc) towards someone or something.

Derivative: deliverable
adj

Derivative: deliverer
noun

Idiom: deliver the goods

colloq
To fulfil a promise or undertaking.

Etymology: 13c: from French délivrer.

Phrasal Verb: deliver someone from something

To set them free or rescue them.

Phrasal Verb: deliver someone or something up

To hand them or it over.