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.
Examples of put (someone) up to in a Sentence
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Admission is put up to a vote, and initiation is shrouded in secrecy, restricted to those who request it.
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2024
Make the most of your ISA Savers can put up to £20,000 into an ISA and earn returns tax-free.
—Marc Shoffman, theweek, 26 Mar. 2024
But that sea disappeared when dams and dikes were put up to stop flooding in the region in the early 20th century, thus creating the IJ as a reservoir.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 May 2023
This is a heavy lift, considering the many roadblocks that antinuclear groups put up to stop this zero-carbon power production, in addition to the lengthy permitting processes and the time and expense needed to bring a plant online.
—Dj Nordquist, Foreign Affairs, 12 Jan. 2023
Cities can put up to 20 percent of their roadways into this category.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2024
In the eastern city of Goma, where Francis had been due to spend the day on July 4, thousands of posters with Francis’ image already had been put up to advertise the visit.
—Nicole Winfield, ajc, 10 June 2022
Those in the field can put up to five samples of unidentified remains into a printer-sized machine, which then uses Short Tandem Repeat (STR) analysis to produce a DNA ID specific to each person.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 26 Aug. 2023
In Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the pandemic originated in late 2019, hundreds walked along the streets, some pulling down barriers that had been put up to enforce neighborhood lockdowns.
—Chris Buckley, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2022
Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2024
Make the most of your ISA Savers can put up to £20,000 into an ISA and earn returns tax-free.
—Marc Shoffman, theweek, 26 Mar. 2024
But that sea disappeared when dams and dikes were put up to stop flooding in the region in the early 20th century, thus creating the IJ as a reservoir.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 May 2023
This is a heavy lift, considering the many roadblocks that antinuclear groups put up to stop this zero-carbon power production, in addition to the lengthy permitting processes and the time and expense needed to bring a plant online.
—Dj Nordquist, Foreign Affairs, 12 Jan. 2023
Cities can put up to 20 percent of their roadways into this category.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2024
In the eastern city of Goma, where Francis had been due to spend the day on July 4, thousands of posters with Francis’ image already had been put up to advertise the visit.
—Nicole Winfield, ajc, 10 June 2022
Those in the field can put up to five samples of unidentified remains into a printer-sized machine, which then uses Short Tandem Repeat (STR) analysis to produce a DNA ID specific to each person.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 26 Aug. 2023
In Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the pandemic originated in late 2019, hundreds walked along the streets, some pulling down barriers that had been put up to enforce neighborhood lockdowns.
—Chris Buckley, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2022
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