fit up

falsch beschuldigen, etwas unterschieben

Einen Unschuldigen als Täter darstellen, oft mithilfe gefälschter Beweise.

In einfachem Englisch: Make an innocent person seem guilty of a crime, often by creating false evidence.

• Someone tried to fit me up.
• The police fitted him up by planting drugs in his car.
• She claims she was fitted up for the theft.

So benutzt man es: fit someone up for something (They fitted him up for a robbery he had not committed.)

Synonyme: frame, set up

Häufige Wendungen: fit someone up, fit up someone

ausstatten, einrichten

Einen Raum oder Ort mit den für einen bestimmten Zweck nötigen Möbeln oder Geräten versehen.

In einfachem Englisch: Provide a room or place with the furniture or equipment needed for a particular use.

• They fitted up a room for guests.
• She fitted the attic up with beds.
• We fitted up the shed as a small office.

So benutzt man es: fit something up with something (They fitted the room up with desks.); fit something up as something (He fitted the shed up as a workshop.)

Synonyme: equip, furnish, fit out

Häufige Wendungen: fit up something, fit something up