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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Cities can put up to 20 percent of their roadways into this category.
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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
The strike will put up to 60,000 workers on the picket lines, shutting down film and TV production nationwide, and causing a lot of chaos.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 Oct. 2021
Stroll said his company plans to put up to four electric motors in its EVs.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 June 2023
FSAs allow workers to put up to that limit in an account that can be used to pay for medical expenses.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2022
Also, nearly 50 kilometers of fencing will be put up to ensure the rhinos remain in the sanctuary.
—Rana Good, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
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
The strike will put up to 60,000 workers on the picket lines, shutting down film and TV production nationwide, and causing a lot of chaos.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 Oct. 2021
Stroll said his company plans to put up to four electric motors in its EVs.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 June 2023
FSAs allow workers to put up to that limit in an account that can be used to pay for medical expenses.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2022
Also, nearly 50 kilometers of fencing will be put up to ensure the rhinos remain in the sanctuary.
—Rana Good, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
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