单词 | stitch up |
释义 | stitch up 1. phrasal verb To stitch someone up means to trick them so that they are put in a difficult or unpleasant situation, especially one where they are blamed for something they have not done. [British, informal] He claimed that a police officer had threatened to stitch him up and send him to prison. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb To stitch up an agreement, especially a complicated agreement between several people, means to arrange it. [mainly British, informal] Shiraz has stitched up major deals all over the world to boost sales. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. stitch [sense 5]verb See full dictionary entry for stitch When doctors stitch a wound, they use a special needle and thread to sew the skin together. Jill washed and stitched the wound. [VERB noun] stitch-up also stitch up Word forms: stitch-ups countable noun [usually singular] If you describe a situation as a stitch-up, you mean that it has been arranged in a way that makes it unfair. [British, informal] My view is that this is a stitch up. |
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