"put-up job" meaning in All languages combined

See put-up job on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-put-up job.ogg Forms: put-up jobs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=put-up job}} put-up job (plural put-up jobs)
  1. (idiomatic) An attempt to trick, deceive, or con someone. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-put-up_job-en-noun-ddLkEpi5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        },
        {
          "ref": "1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 62:",
          "text": "“The whole thing's a low put-up job on our noble credulity.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XVIII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 185:",
          "text": "\"Ah, so you damn rat, this is a put-up job eh?\"",
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      ],
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          "con",
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        "(idiomatic) An attempt to trick, deceive, or con someone."
      ],
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