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单词 stitch up
释义
stitch up
1. phrasal verb
To stitch someone up means to trick them so that they are put in a difficult or unpleasant situation, especially one where they are blamed for something they have not done. [British, informal]
He claimed that a police officer had threatened to stitch him up and send him to prison. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
[Also VERB PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb
To stitch up an agreement, especially a complicated agreement between several people, means to arrange it. [mainly British, informal]
Shiraz has stitched up major deals all over the world to boost sales. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
3. stitch [sense 5]verb
When doctors stitch a wound, they use a special needle and thread to sew the skin together.
Jill washed and stitched the wound. [VERB noun]
See full dictionary entry for stitch
stitch-up
also stitch up
Word forms: stitch-ups
countable noun [usually singular]
If you describe a situation as a stitch-up, you mean that it has been arranged in a way that makes it unfair. [British, informal]
My view is that this is a stitch up.
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