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 2024, participating employees could put up to $3,200 in a health care FSA account.
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Lorie Konish, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
Guardrails may first have to be put up to ensure the cubs don't escape.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 23 Jan. 2024
New research published in Nature Communications has estimated that rising sea levels will put up to 340 million people at risk of annual flooding or permanent inundation during the next 30 years, largely in Asian mega-cities.
—James A. Baker Iii, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
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.
—Matt Kimball, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Lorie Konish, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
Guardrails may first have to be put up to ensure the cubs don't escape.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 23 Jan. 2024
New research published in Nature Communications has estimated that rising sea levels will put up to 340 million people at risk of annual flooding or permanent inundation during the next 30 years, largely in Asian mega-cities.
—James A. Baker Iii, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
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.
—Matt Kimball, Forbes, 6 Dec. 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 11 Jan. 2025.
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