woof it up

woof it up
 v. phr.— «They are kids who will have to get over some schoolyard disputes, such as Jefferson and Stephon Marbury woofing it up in last spring’s playoffs.» —“U.S. flawed, but Duncan gives it shot” by Sam Smith in Jacksonville, Fla. Chicago Tribune Jully 31, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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