"put-up job" meaning in English

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      "form": "put-up jobs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It seemed to be a really good opportunity, but it turned out to be nothing but a put-up job."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 62",
          "text": "“The whole thing's a low put-up job on our noble credulity.”",
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        },
        {
          "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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      "glosses": [
        "An attempt to trick, deceive, or con someone."
      ],
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        [
          "trick",
          "trick"
        ],
        [
          "deceive",
          "deceive"
        ],
        [
          "con",
          "con"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) An attempt to trick, deceive, or con someone."
      ],
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  "word": "put-up job"
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        {
          "text": "It seemed to be a really good opportunity, but it turned out to be nothing but a put-up job."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 62",
          "text": "“The whole thing's a low put-up job on our noble credulity.”",
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        },
        {
          "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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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An attempt to trick, deceive, or con someone."
      ],
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        [
          "trick",
          "trick"
        ],
        [
          "deceive",
          "deceive"
        ],
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          "con",
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        "(idiomatic) An attempt to trick, deceive, or con someone."
      ],
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