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Definition of stitch-up in English: stitch-upnoun British informal An act of placing someone in a position in which they will be wrongly blamed for something, or of manipulating a situation to one's advantage. 〈英，非正式〉陷害；操纵局势 he called the deal a stitch-up and said other companies were prevented from submitting higher bids to put it bluntly, the election was tantamount to a stitch-up Example sentencesExamples - He loves nothing more than hearing angry French politicians denounce the constitution as a British stitch-up.
- This is a political stitch-up designed to keep a key debate away from the conference.
- The whole thing has been a stitch-up, the prime minister has been economical with the truth; one father of two Black Watch soldiers said he wanted to punch him in the mouth, and another described the lack of information as disgusting.
- The parties were blaming each other and the Unionists sensed a stitch-up as he entered discussions with the South.
- The Libyan government believes this was a political stitch-up.
- This is nothing more than a stitch-up, which is why George is going to the Senate to appear before the committee on Tuesday.
- He reacted angrily, calling it ‘a stitch-up from a long way back’.
- He sensed a stitch-up and, according to one colleague, ‘retreated with Harriet to discuss what to do’.
- To put it bluntly, the election was tantamount to a stitch-up.
- And the mood won't be improved by the stitch-up with the unions to get him off the hook in the emergency debate on Iraq.
- There are absolutely no signs that it is a stitch-up.
- Gone would be the stitch-ups and stage-management of Labour history, both ancient and modern; in its place would come a refreshing readiness to let debate run.
- ‘It's clearly a stitch-up between two Government departments,’ he said.
- One of his colleagues said: ‘All the charges were a stitch-up.’
- Some people think this is a bit of a stitch-up.
- ‘To suggest that there was a stitch-up implies a sense of organisation,’ said one insider.
- The operation means that Vainikolo will not face the Brian Noble-coached Lions, sparking accusations of a stitch-up from the New Zealand camp.
- He said it was now clear to voters where his party stood with ‘no nods, no winks, no deals, no stitch-ups.’
- He told BBC News Online: ‘It looks to me like the biggest stitch-up since the Bayeux Tapestry.’
- Control of the Assembly was the main political price of the stitch-up.
Definition of stitch-up in US English: stitch-upnounstɪtʃ əp British informal An act of placing someone in a position in which they will be wrongly blamed for something, or of manipulating a situation to one's advantage. 〈英，非正式〉陷害；操纵局势 he called the deal a stitch-up and said other companies were prevented from submitting higher bids to put it bluntly, the election was tantamount to a stitch-up Example sentencesExamples - He told BBC News Online: ‘It looks to me like the biggest stitch-up since the Bayeux Tapestry.’
- Control of the Assembly was the main political price of the stitch-up.
- This is a political stitch-up designed to keep a key debate away from the conference.
- To put it bluntly, the election was tantamount to a stitch-up.
- The operation means that Vainikolo will not face the Brian Noble-coached Lions, sparking accusations of a stitch-up from the New Zealand camp.
- He loves nothing more than hearing angry French politicians denounce the constitution as a British stitch-up.
- He sensed a stitch-up and, according to one colleague, ‘retreated with Harriet to discuss what to do’.
- Some people think this is a bit of a stitch-up.
- Gone would be the stitch-ups and stage-management of Labour history, both ancient and modern; in its place would come a refreshing readiness to let debate run.
- One of his colleagues said: ‘All the charges were a stitch-up.’
- The parties were blaming each other and the Unionists sensed a stitch-up as he entered discussions with the South.
- And the mood won't be improved by the stitch-up with the unions to get him off the hook in the emergency debate on Iraq.
- The whole thing has been a stitch-up, the prime minister has been economical with the truth; one father of two Black Watch soldiers said he wanted to punch him in the mouth, and another described the lack of information as disgusting.
- He reacted angrily, calling it ‘a stitch-up from a long way back’.
- This is nothing more than a stitch-up, which is why George is going to the Senate to appear before the committee on Tuesday.
- The Libyan government believes this was a political stitch-up.
- ‘It's clearly a stitch-up between two Government departments,’ he said.
- ‘To suggest that there was a stitch-up implies a sense of organisation,’ said one insider.
- He said it was now clear to voters where his party stood with ‘no nods, no winks, no deals, no stitch-ups.’
- There are absolutely no signs that it is a stitch-up.
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