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fit up vb (tr, adverb) 1. (often foll by with) to equip or provide the optician will soon fit you up with a new pair of glasses 2. Brit slang to incriminate (someone) on a false charge; frame he was fitted up for the bank job n fit-up
1. (Performing Arts / Theatre) Theatre slang a stage and accessories that can be erected quickly for plays 2. Brit slang a frame-up Translations ? fit up vt sep (= supply with) → ausstatten; (with implements, weapons etc) → ausrüsten, ausstatten; to fit somebody/something up with something → jdn/etw mit etw versehen or ausstatten How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Not deeming it probable that the old duenna at present graced with that title in our house, had inspired her son with such enthusiasm of filial piety, as to induce him to fit up apartments expressly for her use, I concluded, in common with the cook, the two housemaids, and the kitchen-scullion, that a new and more juvenile Madame was destined to be the tenant of these gay chambers. That, however, both their majesties would soon be made easy; for I had found a prodigious vessel on the shore, able to carry me on the sea, which he had given orders to fit up, with my own assistance and direction; and he hoped, in a few weeks, both empires would be freed from so insupportable an encumbrance. |
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