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stitch-ups

stitch-ups is the plural of stitch-up.

Meaning of stitch-up

Noun

stitch-up (plural stitch-ups)

  1. (UK, slang) An act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone.
    • The police planted the gun in my car. It was a stitch-up.
  2. (UK, slang) Something arranged deceitfully and in secret.
    • Wilson's election as leader was a stitch-up by the committee.

Questions about stitch-ups

What is stitch-ups the plural of?
Stitch-ups is the plural of stitch-up.

Words near stitch-ups in the dictionary

  1. stitch incoming
  2. stitch together
  3. stitch up
  4. stitch-back
  5. stitch-up
  6. stitch-ups
  7. stitchable
  8. stitchback
  9. stitchbird
  10. stitchbirds
  11. stitchcraft

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