fit up

Meaning

1. 1

   fit sb / sth out / up (with sth)

   to supply sb / sth with all the equipment, clothes, food, etc. they need

   to fit out a ship before a long voyage

2. 2

   fit sb up (for sth)informalBritish

   to make it look as if sb is guilty of a crime they have not committed

   I didn't do it — I've been fitted up!

In the movies · 4

• you know, I just thought I was a really good fit up here.Bad Education2019
• I had the whole front extended in order to fit the chopper up there.The Wolf of Wall Street2013
• - I saw it. - I don't know, he had a rig or some pulley system - that just yanked him up. - You can't fit up there.Violent Night2022
• - Oh, good. It fits. All zipped up. - Let's go.Herbie: Fully Loaded2005

Learn it in full scenes

• Bad Education2019
  • Frank Reassures an Angry Parent
  • Rachel Interviews School Officials
  • Bob Spicer Gives the School a Gift
• The Wolf of Wall Street2013
  • Jordan Belfort Introduces Himself
  • Jordan's First Lunch with Mark Hanna
  • Black Monday Crushes Jordan's Career

From the same entry

• fit like a glove
• fill the bill
• answer a description
• face doesn't fit
• if the shoe fits
• fit in
• fit in
• fit as a fiddle
• fit for purpose
• see fit
• the survival of the fittest
• by fits and starts