put up to

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put up to

verb puts up to · putting up to · put up to

ditransitive, idiomatic To encourage or trick (someone) to perform (an action which is foolish or wrong). "He's goin' to that well there after water." "We ain't dyin' of thirst, are we? That's foolishness." "Well, somebody put him up to it, an' he's doin' it."
Similar: entice, induce, inveigle

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@misc{put_up_to_2026,
  title = {put up to},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/put%20up%20to},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}