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подставлять кого-либо

English translation: set somebody up

05:09 Oct 22, 2015
Russian to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / General expression
Russian term or phrase: подставлять кого-либо
Thanks!
Leelia Pekarsky
Canada
Local time: 19:38
English translation:set somebody up
Explanation:
IMHO
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Mikola
Russian Federation
Local time: 02:38
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3set somebody up
Mikola
4 +1let smb down/ trip smb up/ leave smb holding the bag
Elena Ow-Wing
3 +2frame someone for something
Tatiana Grehan
5frame someome up
Alexandra Liashchenko
4throw under the bus
Victoria Markova


Discussion entries: 1





  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
let smb down/ trip smb up/ leave smb holding the bag


Explanation:
И еще много других выражений. Эти даны в порядке возрастания неформальности.

А, вообще, контекст нужен.

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Note added at 21 mins (2015-10-22 05:31:13 GMT)
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Совсем неформальное: screw smb over

Elena Ow-Wing
United States
Local time: 16:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nadezhda Golubeva
0 min
  -> Спасибо!
neutral  Leniana Koroleva: let smb down очень широко ; подождем контекст
2 hrs
  -> Подождем :-)
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
set somebody up


Explanation:
IMHO

Mikola
Russian Federation
Local time: 02:38
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Olga Cartlidge
11 hrs
  -> Спасибо!
agree  Roman Bardachev
12 hrs
  -> Спасибо!
agree  Andrew Vdovin
3 days 21 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
throw under the bus


Explanation:
часто мелькает

Victoria Markova
Serbia
Local time: 01:38
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
frame someone for something


Explanation:
Данный вариант подходит только для определенных контекстов:

Framing someone means providing fake evidence or false testimony in order to falsely prove someone guilty of a crime. "Frame" here means making someone innocent look guilty by "putting the person in a picture frame of suspicion".

Tatiana Grehan
United States
Local time: 19:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 68
Notes to answerer
Asker: Tatiana, thank you so much! ITs a great help!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Natalia Kulichkina
1 hr
  -> Спасибо!
agree  Olga Cartlidge: Also "to stitch someone up" - Law). a. to incriminate (someone) on a false charge by manufacturing evidence.
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, Olga!
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1 day 19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
frame someome up


Explanation:
typical idiom translation, any probs with it?

Alexandra Liashchenko
United States
Local time: 19:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 18
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