up to no good

phrase

informal

: doing bad things or planning to do bad things

If you ask me, that woman's up to no good.

Examples of up to no good in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Being a relatively small community also probably helps—harder to get up to no good if the entire town knows you by sight. — Kyle Orland & Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 20 Feb. 2023

Plot details are still under wraps but Folie à Deux references a delusion or mental illness shared by two people, suggesting that Joker and Harley may be up to no good together. — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2023

Being listed in the database doesn't necessarily mean a caller is up to no good. — Bianca Pallaro, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023

Bale is the troubled soul holding the center, and the broader cast of West Point cadets — some of them clearly up to no good — make for ample contrast at the margins. — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2023

Just the lonesome sounds of mouthy coyotes up to no good, cat squirrels hustling grub, and, hopefully, a big ol’ buck trying to slip by in the brush without getting noticed. — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 27 Oct. 2022

The film’s incidental politics are also groan-worthy, with those retro Russkies surely up to no good and interchangeable Afghan insurgents dispatched with such trigger-happy zeal. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 24 Oct. 2022

Even the big theme parks are up to no good, jolting visitors with scary sensations. — Jennifer Herrera, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Sep. 2021

Rhymes for up to no good

• misunderstood
• unlikelihood
• adulthood
• babyhood
• brotherhood
• cottonwood
• fatherhood
• firewood
• fuelwood
• hardihood
• ironwood
• leatherwood