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up to no good

  1. see up to, def. 3.



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Although she did admit she was “up to no good” as a high school student at Oakwood School in North Hollywood, Whitaker said her upbringing was not as wild as Alani’s, and she does not possess the character’s desire to coast off her surname.

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This year’s rendition is filled with murderous red-eyed ravens up to no good, and in true Haunted Mansion fashion it has a pun for a name.

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He went by the name of Judge Quinzy, and Penelope had reason to fear he was up to no good.

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“Tomorrow my alma mater will become the School for Miserable Girls, and there will be no singing of the school song, ever again. I expect Baroness Hoover will make a rule against dancing chickens, once she discovers that they exist. Edward Ashton is up to no good, and I have failed to stop him....It is all...my...fault....”

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They say they knew the cheating team had been up to no good for "ages".

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