set up
• place or erect something in position.
• "police set up a roadblock on Lower Thames Street"
• establish a business, institution, or other organization.
• "she set up the business with a £4,000 bank loan"
Similar:
establish,
start,
begin,
get going,
initiate,
institute,
found,
create,
bring into being,
inaugurate,
lay the foundations of,
• establish someone in a particular capacity, occupation, or role.
• "his father set him up in business"
• make an innocent person appear guilty of something.
• "suppose Norton had set him up for Ingram's murder?"
Similar:
falsely incriminate,
frame,
fabricate evidence against,
trap,
entrap,
fit up,
• begin making a loud sound.
• "a colony of monkeys had set up a racket in the canopy"
• restore or enhance the health of someone.
• "after my operation the doctor recommended a cruise to set me up again"
set-up
noun
• the way in which something, especially an organization or equipment, is organized, planned, or arranged.
• "would you feel comfortable in a team-teaching set-up?"
Similar:
system,
structure,
organization,
arrangement,
framework,
format,
layout,
configuration,
composition,
situation,
conditions,
circumstances,
• a scheme or trick intended to incriminate or deceive someone.
• "Listen. He didn't die. It was a set-up"
• (in a ball game) a pass or play intended to provide an opportunity for another player to score.
