STITCH UP meaning: Arrange situation to falsely incriminate

We found 17 dictionaries that define the word stitch up:

General (11 matching dictionaries)

stitch up: Merriam-Webster.com
stitch-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
stitch-up, stitch-up, stitch up: Collins English Dictionary
stitch-up: Wordnik
stitch-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
stitch-up, stitch up: Wiktionary
stitch up: Dictionary.com
Stitch Up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
stitch-up, stitch up: Dictionary/thesaurus

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stitch up: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

stitch up: Medical dictionary

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stitch up: Idioms

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stitch up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
stitch up: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
stitch up: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (stitch up)

▸ verb:  To join or close by sewing.
▸ verb:  To fabricate (e.g. a legal case).
▸ verb:  (British, Australia, slang) To maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone; to set up (in the sense trap or ensnare)
▸ verb:  (Australia, slang) To prank, trick, or deceive (a person), whether or not malice is intended.
▸ verb:  (Australia, slang) To complete arrangements for (a situation), especially clandestinely or prematurely and for one's own benefit.

Similar:

stitch, sew up, suture, knit up, gather, interstitch, backstitch, seam, restitch, oversew, more...

Opposite:

unravel, undo, unsew, unstitch, disassemble

Phrases:

to stitch up, stitch up a torn seam, more...

Adjectives:

sutile, seamed, overhand, increasing, handstitched, darn, m, rem, sewed, narrow, run

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