What does put-up job mean?

put-up job

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.24 in modern English

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"It seemed to be a really good opportunity, but it turned out to be nothing but a put-up job."
"“The whole thing's a low put-up job on our noble credulity.”"
""Ah, so you damn rat, this is a put-up job eh?""
"Edgar (J. Edgar Hoover), you set me up — a put-up job! I will fucking crush you!"

put-up jobs (plural)

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