Put someone up to something meaning
Put someone up to something is a phrasal verb that means to prompt another person to carry out an action, often a wrongful one.
- Past simple
- put someone up to something
- Past participle
- put someone up to something
- -ing form
- putting someone up to something
What put someone up to something means
B2
To prompt another person to carry out an action, often a wrongful one
Who put you up to making that call?
Similar phrasal verbs
With put: put on, put up, put off, put back, put away, put down, put out, put together, put in, put across.
With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, set up, go up, bring up, mess up, break up.
Common questions
What does put someone up to something mean?
To prompt another person to carry out an action, often a wrongful one.
What is the past tense of put someone up to something?
Put someone up to something, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
