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put-up

[poot-uhp]
–adjective Informal.
planned beforehand in a secret or crafty manner: a put-up job.

Origin:
1800–10; adj. use of v. phrase put up
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put-up   (pŏŏt'ŭp')
adj.   Informal
Planned or prearranged secretly: The theft was a put-up job.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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