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2022-02-09 10:02
Frame (someone) for (something) phrase
To control or influence a state of affairs to make it look as if an innocent person had committed a crime (so that the true offender might avoid being held accountable or being discovered).
I didn't kill her, sir! I swear I've been framed for this murder!
When he was caught, he maintained that the police had been framing him for the crime.
Honestly, I am clueless about those drugs—someone is framing me for possessing drugs!
1. To erect something.
2. To elect someone to a position of authority or power.
3. To cause something.
4. To establish something.
5. To construct or assemble something; to cause something to be ready to use.
6. To provide someone with capital or other backings needed to start or run a business.
7. To pay for someone's drinks.
8. To make someone happy and excited.
9. To make a plan for something.
10. To make people falsely believe that someone is something or is guilty of something.
11. To make someone believe in something untrue so that they fall prey to something.
12. To pass the ball to some other player to create an opportunity to score
13. To plan a meeting between someone and someone else as you want or hope they become a couple.
The verb "frame" must be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase dates from the 1920s.
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