Wiktionary
wife up
vb. 1 (context slang English) (qualifier: of a man) to marry a woman (qualifier: generally an existing girlfriend); to make a woman one’s wife 2 (context slang English) (qualifier: of a man) to spend extensive or excessive time with one’s wife or girlfriend; to be under a woman’s thumb; to be whipped
Usage examples of "wife up".
Vickers, with a bow to Frere, saw his wife up the ladder, and then turned for his daughter.
Wanted him for file divorce papers on account his wife up and left.
As he moved away he saw Lawrence Lefferts, tall and resplendent, leading his wife up to be introduced.
He cut his wife up, stored the pieces in the freezer, marked them the way a butcher would—.