Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Planned or prearranged secretly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Concocted or planned by intimates or insiders, but so as to appear to emanate from or be the work of others; speciously conceived, planned, or carried out: as, a put-up job.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective colloq. Arranged; plotted; -- in a bad sense.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective planned secretly
- verb provide
- verb construct, build, or erect
- verb mount or put up
- verb propose as a candidate for some honor
- verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- verb place so as to be noticed
- verb provide housing for
- verb make available for sale at an auction
- verb preserve in a can or tin
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Examples
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Don Siegelman, a Democrat who was convicted of bribery and has all the earmarks of being a put-up job by a vengeful Bush administration against him?
Off the Hook 2009
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George Bernard Shaw, who had originally supported the publication, shortly declared the exposé to be a "put-up job."
Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism: Britain's Long Fight Against Slavery Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism 2011
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Conservative talk shows pound home the theory this is all a put-up job while the liberal media remains incredulous the Cain Train hasn't derailed into a fiery pileup.
Will Durst: Grope and Change Will Durst 2011
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I was wondering how I would be able to eat all of the raspberry and cherry jam I put-up this past weekend … YUMM! allison Aug 4
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George Bernard Shaw, who had originally supported the publication, shortly declared the exposé to be a "put-up job."
Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism: Britain's Long Fight Against Slavery Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism 2011
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EOH: A number of critics are convinced that you are a GOP plant, a put-up job.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: My Interview With S.C. Democratic US Senate Candidate Alvin Greene Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2010
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Conservative talk shows pound home the theory this is all a put-up job while the liberal media remains incredulous the Cain Train hasn't derailed into a fiery pileup.
Will Durst: Grope and Change Will Durst 2011
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Well, this is the time to put-up or shut-up. chuck
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George Bernard Shaw, who had originally supported the publication, shortly declared the exposé to be a "put-up job."
Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism: Britain's Long Fight Against Slavery Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism 2011
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Reflecting on the fine-tuning of the conditions necessary for the universe to bring forth life, he suggested that the universe looks like a "put-up job," as if someone had been "monkeying" with the laws of physics, getting ready in advance for the appearance of life.
Dr. Larry Dossey: Is the Universe Merely a Statistical Accident? 2010
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