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put-up - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
adjective
from The Century Dictionary.
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.
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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
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
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
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
Homemade Toaster Strudel | Baking Bites 2009
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
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
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
Well, this is the time to put-up or shut-up. chuck
Villaraigosa won't run for governor 2009
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
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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