stitch somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verb (see also stitch)

1. to put stitches in cloth or a wound in order to fasten parts of it together:
She stitched up the cut and left it to heal.

2. to get a deal or agreement completed satisfactorily so that it cannot be changed:
The deal was stitched up in minutes.

3. British English informal to deceive someone, especially in order to gain money from them

4. British English informal to make someone seem guilty of a crime by providing false information Synonym : frame

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ˈstitch-up , stitch up noun [countable] British English
a situation in which someone is deliberately deceived

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