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put someone up to
put someone up to
Incite someone to do something, especially a mischievous or malicious act. For example, My brother put me up to making those prank telephone calls, or They didn't think of it on their own; someone put them up to it. [Early 1800s]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Mies | | MEES | Dutch |
Joona | | YO:-nah | Finnish |
Tryggvi | | - | Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian |
Aeneas | | [i:'ni:æs] | |
Christie (2) | | - | Scottish, Irish |
Ansgar | | AHNS-gahr (German) | German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Germanic |