put sb up to sth
— phrasal verb with put uk/pʊt/us/pʊt/verb present participle putting, past tense and past participle put
to encourage someone to do something, usually something wrong:
I think he was put up to it by his friends.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Urging & persuading
- argumentation
- blag
- brainwash
- bring
- browbeat
- butter
- get sth out of sb
- incite
- persuasion
- preach
- press-gang
- prevail on/upon sb
- proselytize
- rush sb into (doing) sth
- sucker sb into sth
- swing
- talk sb down
- talk sb out of sth
- twist
- work on sb
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