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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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 Admission is put up to a vote, and initiation is shrouded in secrecy, restricted to those who request it. —

Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for put (someone) up to

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