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put-up job

put-up job noun: an attempt to trick, deceive, or con someone.

Noun

put-up job (plural put-up jobs)

  1. (idiomatic) An attempt to trick, deceive, or con someone.
    • It seemed to be a really good opportunity, but it turned out to be nothing but a put-up job.
    • “The whole thing's a low put-up job on our noble credulity.”1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 62

Examples of put-up job in a sentence

  • "Ah, so you damn rat, this is a put-up job eh?"1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XVIII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 185:
  • Edgar Hoover), you set me up — a put-up job!2018 October 5, Wesley Strick, “The New Colossus”, in The Man in the High Castle (TV series), season 3, episode 5, spoken by George Lincoln...

Forms of put-up job

pluralput-up jobs

Questions about put-up job

What does put-up job mean?
Put-up job means an attempt to trick, deceive, or con someone.
How do you use put-up job in a sentence?
"Ah, so you damn rat, this is a put-up job eh?"
What part of speech is put-up job?
Put-up job is a noun.
What is the plural of put-up job?
The plural of put-up job is put-up jobs.

Words near put-up job in the dictionary

  1. put-puts
  2. put-putted
  3. put-putting
  4. put-together
  5. put-up
  6. put-up job
  7. put-up jobs
  8. put-upon
  9. put-ups
  10. put-you-up
  11. put-you-ups

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