frame up

verb

To erect the initial walls and roof of (a new building).

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Meanings

verbframe up (third-person singular simple present frames up, present participle framing up, simple past and past participle framed up)

present singular third person frames up · participle present framing up · participle past framed up · past framed up

  1. transitivebusinessTo erect the initial walls and roof of (a new building).

    Synonyms: frame out

  2. transitiveTo arrange fraudulent evidence to falsely implicate (a person) of a crime.

    Synonyms: frame, put up, set up

  3. artsTo prepare a shot by deciding what to include and exclude, what to use as background, etc.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo erect the initial walls and roof of (a new building).

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frame out

verbTo arrange fraudulent evidence to falsely implicate (a person) of a crime.

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frameput upset up

More synonyms by meaning

verbconstruct by fitting or uniting parts together

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frame
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constructbuildmake
Also see
frameframe output upset up

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

“frame up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frame%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frame up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frame%20up.

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