put-up job



put-up job

A deliberate attempt to con or deceive someone. The want ad ended up being a put-up job designed to scam money from unsuspecting victims.
See also: job

put-up job

Inf. a deception; a deceptive event. That's really phony; a put-up job if I ever saw one. No put-up job is clever enough to fool me.
See also: job

put-up job

A prearranged conspiracy, especially a crime such as a burglary. For example, The police suspected that the butler was in on it-it was a put-up job. This colloquial phrase was first recorded in 1810.
See also: job

put-up job

n. a deception; a deceptive event. That’s really phony. A put-up job if I ever saw one.
See also: job

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
PacoPAH-koSpanish
GordonGAWR-dənScottish, English
Adegoke-Western African, Yoruba
Hoshea-Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
ViỆN-Vietnamese
Adonisə-DAH-nəs (English), ə-DO-nəs (English)Greek Mythology