put sb up to sth
— phrasal verb with put /pʊt/ verb (present tense putting, past tense and past participle put)Definition
› to encourage someone to do something, usually something wrong: I think he was put up to it by his friends.Urging and persuadingCausing somebody to act
(Definition of put sb up to sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
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