1 also lace up to fasten something by tying a lace [= tie]:
Lace up your shoes or you'll trip over.
Lace up your shoes or you'll trip over.2DFD to add a small amount of alcohol or a drug to a drink
3 written to weave or twist several things together
lace something with something
phrasal verb1 to include something all through something you write or say :
He laces his narrative with a great deal of irrelevant information.
He laces his narrative with a great deal of irrelevant information.2 to have some of a quality :
Iris's voice was heavily laced with irony.
be laced with something
written
Iris's voice was heavily laced with irony.
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