put-up jobnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈpʊt.ʌp ˌdʒɒb/us/ˈpʊt̬.ʌp ˌdʒɑːb/informalan attempt to trick or deceive someone:
The hotel looked like a good investment, but it turned out that the whole thing was a put-up job.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Plotting & trapping
- be in league with sb idiom
- cahoots
- catch sb out
- chicanery
- cloak-and-dagger
- conspiratorial
- conspire
- entrap
- entrapment
- hatch
- have a card up your sleeve idiom
- plot
- plotter
- pretext
- scheme
- set-up
- snare
- sting
- stratagem
- trap
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