Definition of put-up in US English:
put-up
adjectiveˈpʊdˌəpˈpo͝odˌəp
attributive Arranged beforehand in order to deceive someone.
the whole thing could be a put-up job
Example sentencesExamples
- I see that kind of simplicity and beauty, and I think, this is a put-up job, this didn't happen by chance.
- Of course, the vials were labeled ‘sarin’ in English, which makes one extremely suspicious that they're some kind of put-up job by the terrorists.
- The Blue camp spoke of a put-up job and denounced it with increasing fury.
- Mrs Laws said: ‘The thing is, it was all a put-up job.’
- And his only act of insurrection was a put-up job.
- Regardless of whether Kranish ever meant to write fluff for Kerry's book or not, the Elliott story smells like a put-up job.
- When you realise his parlous financial state at the time, it seems less of a coincidence and unhappily more of a put-up job.