put-up job

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Meaning: (idiomatic)An attempt totrick,deceive, orconsomeone.Hyponyms:frameup,setupIt seemed to be a really good opportunity, but it turned out to be nothing but aput-up job.1918,Norman Lindsay,The Magic Pudding, page62:“The whole thing's a lowput-up jobon our noble credulity.”1936,F.J. Thwaites, chapter XVIII, inThe Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published1940, page185:"Ah, so you damn rat, this is aput-up jobeh?"

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