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set someone up1Establish someone in a particular capacity or role: his father set him up in business...- I guess that tournament has set us up as an established football country in the minds of the rest of the world.
- He knew so little about her that he wondered if she might be better off if he sent her back to San Francisco and set her up in her own establishment.
- Her father is a rich industrialist who sets him up as a nightclub-owner.
Synonyms establish; finance, fund, back, subsidize 1.1 informal Arrange a meeting between one person and another, with the aim of encouraging a romantic relationship between them: Todd tried to set her up with one of his friends...- Lucy's friends have managed to set her up with quite a collection of guys.
- Perhaps setting her up with one of his sons would be inappropriate.
- I don't even know the girl and she wants me to set her up with my brother.
2Restore or enhance the health of someone: after my operation the doctor recommended a cruise to set me up again...- Exercising first thing in the morning will set you up for the rest of the day.
- The hearty breakfast will set you up for a day's walking with the dog along the Solway Coast or into the Lake District fells
- A Barraquito (coffee, condensed and regular milk, cinnamon, lemon peel and a shot of the local liqueur) will set you up nicely for a visit to the fascinating Museum of Man and Nature.
Synonyms restore to health, make better, make stronger, strengthen, build up, invigorate, energize, fortify; rehabilitate 3 informal Make an innocent person appear guilty of something: suppose Lorton had set him up for Newley’s murder?...- If Michael is innocent then he was set up by his friends.
- He informed her that Nathan appeared to be setting her up to take the fall for the bank fraud, and advised her to seek counsel.
- He claims he was set up by a travelling companion.
Synonyms falsely incriminate, frame, fabricate evidence against, trap, entrap British informal fit up See parent entry: set |