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put someone up to
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]
See also:
put
,
up
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Lovrenc
-
Slovene
Len
[len]
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Philip
FIL-ip
(English)
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ahn-zhə-LEEN
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