Idiom
put-up job
Meaning
An attempt to trick, deceive, or con someone.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The whole contest was a put-up job to help his friend win.”
“The police suspected the robbery was a put-up job because the back door was left wide open.”
“The journalist exposed the scandal, proving that the entire public inquiry was merely a put-up job designed to protect the corrupt officials.”
Examples
simple
“The whole contest was a put-up job to help his friend win.”
contextual
“The police suspected the robbery was a put-up job because the back door was left wide open.”
complex
“The journalist exposed the scandal, proving that the entire public inquiry was merely a put-up job designed to protect the corrupt officials.”
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