English Dictionary

stitch up

動詞

オーストラリア英語 イギリス英語 俗語

To join or close by sewing. / To fabricate (e.g. a legal case). / (Britain, Australia, slang) To maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone; to set up (in the sense trap or ensnare)

日本語の意味

縫い合わせる、縫って閉じる / でっち上げる（例：裁判などの事例を捏造する） / 陥れる、仕掛ける（英国、オーストラリアの俗語で、悪意を持って誰かを罠にかける）

The tailor agreed to stitch up the rip in my jacket before the ceremony.

仕立て屋は式の前に私のジャケットの裂け目を縫い合わせると約束してくれた。

意味（1）

To join or close by sewing.

To make Capons […] [S]ome for this Purpoſe make it their Buſineſs after Harveſt-time to go to Markets for buying up Chickens, and between Michaelmas and All-hollantide caponize the Cocks, when they have got large enough to have Stones [i.e., testes] of ſuch a Bigneſs that they may be pulled out; for if they are too little, it can't be done; […] [M]aking a Cut here big enough to put her Finger in, which ſhe thruſts under the Guts, and with it rakes or tears out the Stone that lies neareſt to it. This done, ſhe performs the very ſame Operation on the other Side of the Cock's Body, and there takes out the other Stone; then ſhe ſtitches up the Wounds, and lets the Fowl go about as at other Times, till the Capon is fatted in a Coup, which is commonly done from Chriſtmas to Candlemas, and after.

意味（2）

To fabricate (e.g. a legal case).

“They warn me that I should not go to far and threaten to stitch up a case against me if I do.”, he said

意味（3）

(Britain, Australia, slang) To maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone; to set up (in the sense trap or ensnare)

[…] everyone knew the score, that he was being conned, used by business interests, the sort of scum we hated. It wasn't meant in a bad way, though, just that we could see he was being stitched up.

意味（4）

(Australia, slang) To prank, trick, or deceive (a person), whether or not malice is intended.

Before coming on this trip I decided to brush up on my Italian, so I learnt one phrase: Voglio andare veloce, which translates into I want to go fast. I test it out on Matteo, undoubtedly butchering it with my Australian accent. He throws his head back and laughs a deep, booming, operatic laugh. For a moment, I think my friend who taught me the phrase has stitched me up and I’ve just said something very crass.

意味（5）

(Australia, slang) To complete arrangements for (a situation), especially clandestinely or prematurely and for one's own benefit.

The strident deregulatory and anti-union policies of the Coalition have aided the Labor Government. Once a new variation of the Accord has been stitched up the Accord partners have expected that it would be endorsed by the commission.

stitches up （ present singular third-person ）

stitching up （ participle present ）

stitched up （ participle past ）

stitched up （ past ）