Set (someone or something) up In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "set (someone or something) up", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zesty Y calendar 2021-10-09 07:10

Meaning of Set (someone or something) up

Set (someone or something) up phrase

To put something in position so that it stands upright

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Police had to set the barriers up to keep demonstrators back.

An electric fence was set up around the prison.

To choose someone to hold a position of authority or power.
 

My teammates set me up as their leader.

My teacher set me up as the class monitor.

To make something happen.
 

What set up the change in his opinion?

Doctors say her condition is setting up some concerns.

 To start or create something such as an organization, a charity, a system, etc.  
 

I really admire those setting up businesses when they were still studying in college.

The Vietnamese government has recently set up a national vaccine fund.

To create something by joining separate parts; to make something prepared to be used.
 

I am setting up my desktop computer.

After setting up the fan, he sat down and enjoyed the breeze.

I'm setting up the room for my cousin to stay over.

To provide someone with capital, equipment, or other necessary backings to start or run a business.
 

If my mom hadn't set me up during the pandemic, I couldn't have maintained my business.

Without his setting him up, I couldn't have raised enough capital to open this restaurant.

To pay for drinks that someone will enjoy and that you do not usually do.
 

Don't worry about the cost—I'll set you up this time.

He set us up for one beer, and we paid for his cinema ticket in return.

To cause someone to feel very happy and excited
 

The good result of the test really set me up.

These activities are designed to set up the children.

To carefully prepare all the details of something
 

They were accused of setting up the presidential assassination.

He was caught on suspicion of setting up a coup.

To make people falsely think that someone is something or is guilty of some offense or wrongdoing.
 

Someone must have dropped this drug into my pocket to set me up!

He sets me up as a pro basketball player, but in fact, I have just started playing this sport 2 weeks ago.

To cause someone to believe in something untrue so that they are injured, cheated, damaged, or killed by something.
 

Shit! The police are standing in front of us! That bitch set us up.

John set me up! He told me that there was nothing inside the basement, but when I walked in, there was a giant spider on the ceiling.

To pass the ball to other players to create an opportunity to score a goal.
 

Every time I set John up, he is tackled.

You should set other teammates up instead of running alone and trying to score.

To organize or arrange a meeting between someone and someone else as you want or hope they become a couple.
 

He suggested setting me up with a friend of his, but I rejected his suggestion.

My mom set me up with her friend's daughter and urged me to get married soon.

Other phrases about:

bring (something) into being

To create sonething or bring something into existence 

frame (someone) for (something)

To dishonestly incriminate someone for some crime.

Grammar and Usage of Set (someone or something) up

Verb Forms

  • setting (someone or something) up

The verb "set" must be conjugated according to its tense.
 

Origin of Set (someone or something) up

Meaning 1 and 5 dates from around 1200.
Meaning 2 dates from the late 1300s.
Meaning 3 dates from the mid 1800s
Meaning 4 dates from the early 1400s.
Meaning 6 dates from the first half of 1500s.
Meaning 7 dates from the late 1800s.
Meaning 8 dates from around 1600.
Meaning 9 dates from the first half of 1900s.
Meaning 11 dates from the mid 1900s
 

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