fit up
Britishverb
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(often foll by with) to equip or provide
the optician will soon fit you up with a new pair of glasses
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slang to incriminate (someone) on a false charge; frame
he was fitted up for the bank job
noun
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slang theatre a stage and accessories that can be erected quickly for plays
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slang a frame-up
Example Sentences
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Of those who ordered the bags, which tend to fit up to 30 items, 98% were new to ThredUp.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
IBM says 2nm designs can fit up to 50 billion transistors, tiny components smaller than a virus, on a chip the size of a fingernail.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
It’s a smallish space that can fit up to 45 people, but somehow it feels much bigger — maybe it’s the open roof or the focus-pulling wall mural that resembles Matisse cutouts.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2023
Edinson Cavani seems a much better fit up front and Fernandes looked back to his best.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2022
I needed him to smile at me, in that way that fit up his face, that warmed something inside me.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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