fit up
phr. v..phr. v.. to make someone look guilty of a crime by using fake evidence.
phr. v.. to incriminate someone by means of fabricated evidence; primarily used in British English legal or criminal contexts.
He claims the police fit him up for the robbery.
The detective was accused of trying to fit up a local man to close the case quickly.
The defense argued that the forensic evidence had been planted in a deliberate attempt to fit up the defendant for a crime he did not commit.
usually used in the passive voice or with a person as the direct object.
this is a highly specific British slang term; contrast it with the American 'frame' to show regional variation in crime vocabulary.
They fit up him.They fit him up.when the object is a pronoun, it must go between the verb and the particle.