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frame up

frame up
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [freym uhp]
    • /freɪm ʌp/
    • /freɪm ʌp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [freym uhp]
    • /freɪm ʌp/

Definitions of frame up words

  • noun frame up a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person. 1
  • transitive verb+adverb frame up create a frame for 1

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Origin of frame up

First appearance:

before 1895
One of the 18% newest English words
1895-1900, Americanism; frame + up, modeled on nominalizations of phrasal verbs, with up as perfective particle

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Frame up

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

frame up popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 70% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

frame up usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for frame up

verb frame up

  • collude — If one person colludes with another, they co-operate with them secretly or illegally.
  • conspire — If two or more people or groups conspire to do something illegal or harmful, they make a secret agreement to do it.
  • operate — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
  • cabal — a secret or exclusive set of people; clique
  • devise — If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it.

noun frame up

  • adjustment — An adjustment is a small change that is made to something such as a machine or a way of doing something.
  • deal — If you say that you need or have a great deal of or a good deal of a particular thing, you are emphasizing that you need or have a lot of it.
  • package — a bundle of something, usually of small or medium size, that is packed and wrapped or boxed; parcel.
  • schedule — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
  • agreement — An agreement is a formal decision about future action which is made by two or more countries, groups, or people.

Antonyms for frame up

verb frame up

  • destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
  • straighten — make straight
  • clean — Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
  • purify — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
  • agree — If people agree with each other about something, they have the same opinion about it or say that they have the same opinion.

noun frame up

  • disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
  • concealment — Concealment is the state of being hidden or the act of hiding something.
  • simplicity — the state, quality, or an instance of being simple.
  • modesty — the quality of being modest; freedom from vanity, boastfulness, etc.
  • hiding — the pelt or skin of one of the larger animals (cow, horse, buffalo, etc.), raw or dressed.

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