All frame up synonyms
frame up
F f noun frame up
- cheat β When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
- imposture β the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- blackmail β Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money.
- sting β to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ.
- shakedown β extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- sham β something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- knavery β action or practice characteristic of a knave.
- show β to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- game plan β a carefully thought-out strategy or course of action, as in politics, business, or one's personal affairs.
- package deal β Also called package plan. an agreement in which the buyer pays a stipulated price for a group of related products or services: a package deal from a book club.
- bummer β If you say that something is a bummer, you mean that it is unpleasant or annoying.
- drag β drag and drop
- misfortune β adverse fortune; bad luck.
- raw deal β unjust treatment
- bad break β misfortune, period of bad luck
- bad rap β bum rap.
- arrayal β the act or process of arraying
- for show β in order to impress, for display only
- grandstand play β an ostentatious play, as in a sport, overemphasized deliberately to elicit applause from spectators.
- covin β a conspiracy between two or more persons to act to the detriment or injury of another
- put-up job β a plan or an event that has been arranged secretly in order to trick or deceive somebody
- dirty pool β unethical, unfair, or unsportsmanlike conduct.
- shell game β a sleight-of-hand swindling game resembling thimblerig but employing walnut shells or the like instead of thimblelike cups.
- fast one β a shrewd action, especially when unscrupulous or dishonest; an unfair trick, deceitful practice, dishonest dealing, etc.: He pulled a fast one on me by paying me with a worthless check.
- sharp practice β You can use sharp practice to refer to an action or a way of behaving, especially in business or professional matters, that you think is clever but dishonest.
verb frame up
- cook up β If someone cooks up a dishonest scheme, they plan it.
- deacon β A deacon is a member of the clergy, for example in the Church of England, who is lower in rank than a priest.
- dress up β of or for a dress or dresses.
- four-flush β to bluff.
- trump up β Cards. any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit. Often, trumps. (used with a singular verb) the suit itself.
- set up β the act or state of setting or the state of being set.