put up to

incitar, inducir

Convencer o engañar a alguien para que haga algo malo o absurdo.

En inglés sencillo: To persuade or trick someone into doing something wrong or silly.

• Who put you up to this?
• His friends put him up to stealing the sign.
• I wouldn’t have done it if she hadn’t put me up to it.

Cómo se usa: put someone up to something (His friends put him up to the prank.); put someone up to doing something (Her brother put her up to hiding my keys.)

Sinónimos: egg on, incite

Antónimos: deter, discourage

Expresiones frecuentes: put someone up to, put me up to