put-up

put-up

(po͝ot′ŭp′)
adj. Informal
Planned or prearranged secretly: The theft was a put-up job.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.put-up - planned secretly; "it was a put-up job"
planned - designed or carried out according to a plan; "the planned outlays for new equipment"
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Translations

put-up

[ˈpʊtʌp] ADJ put-up jobchanchullo m
it was a put-up job to give him the postfue un chanchullo para darle el puesto
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

put-up

[ˈpʊtˌʌp] adj put-up job (fam) → montatura
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in periodicals archive
We took our bride-to-be to Rubens in Westgate for a hair 'put-up' and to get some ideas for her wedding day.
First stop was Rubens hair salon in Westgate, where stylists Emma Lendon and Aisha Lawrence gave Louise a glamorous 'put-up' by straightening her normally curly hair and pinning it into a smooth, chic style.
For campers and staff, Green River is a "No Discount" zone--"put-ups" rather than "put-downs" are encouraged.
Social and emotional learning, the increasingly common term for emotional intelligence instruction, can be a lesson on the hurtfulness of put-downs followed by discussions on ways to communicate "put-ups." It can be a regular morning meeting, in which students share such-personal feelings as the pain of their pet dying or the joy of a family outing.
It begins at the formation stage of group development by addressing cooperation issues such as using put-ups instead of put-downs, using active listening, and being able to work with anyone in the class.
You may also make the conversion of your nonwoven easier by providing specific put-ups and packaging that fit the customer's operation.
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