stitch up
To sew up a cut with a needle and thread at the hospital, to finish making a deal, or to trick someone unfairly.
Meanings
To close a wound by sewing it with surgical stitches (sutures).
"The doctor stitched up the cut on his forehead in the emergency room."
To finalize or complete a business deal or agreement.
"The two companies stitched up a merger worth billions of dollars."
(British slang) To cheat, frame, or manipulate someone so they are blamed for something they didn't do.
"He claimed he was stitched up by the police and that the evidence was planted."
Has three distinct senses: medical (closing wounds), business (finalizing deals), and British slang (cheating or framing). The slang sense is primarily British. Note that 'a stitch-up' is the related noun.
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