put (someone) up to
phrasal verb
put (someone) up to; putting (someone) up to; puts (someone) up to
: to convince (someone) to do (something stupid or foolish)
His friends put him up to (playing) the prank.
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Many people still think of security through the lens of firewalls and the tools that protect against intrusion into an operating environment—the walls put up to keep bad actors out.
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Matt Kimball, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
In June 2024 Gavi launched the African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator, a financing program developed with the Africa CDC and African Union to put up to $1.2 billion over the next decade toward building up the continent’s vaccine-manufacturing capacity.
—Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Charging stations have been put up to encourage the use of electric cars.
—Victoria Le, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
Its ripple effects could potentially put up to 105,000 other workers, like those in warehousing and transportation, temporarily out of a job, per Oxford Economics' estimates.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
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Matt Kimball, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
In June 2024 Gavi launched the African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator, a financing program developed with the Africa CDC and African Union to put up to $1.2 billion over the next decade toward building up the continent’s vaccine-manufacturing capacity.
—Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Charging stations have been put up to encourage the use of electric cars.
—Victoria Le, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
Its ripple effects could potentially put up to 105,000 other workers, like those in warehousing and transportation, temporarily out of a job, per Oxford Economics' estimates.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Put (someone) up to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put%20%28someone%29%20up%20to. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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