small up yuhself
make room for someone else
- Kind
- expression
- Heard in
- Kingston, Norman Manley Airport
The standing request on a shared route taxi when it needs one more passenger to fit.
Patois is a language in its own right, with grammar that is not English grammar. The meaning above is how the conversation uses this phrase, not a word-for-word translation. The Patwa is a draft still awaiting review by Jamaican speakers.