"set someone up"
Posted by Brian from Shawnee on April 13, 2006
In Reply to: "Set someone up" posted by rian on April 13, 2006
: what's the origin and meaning of the phrase "set someone up".it is used in the negative sense....quite unlike how u say "set up a business" or "set up a factory".anyone please?
It's the purpose of setting someone up that makes it negative. If you set someone up in order to knock them down, that's negative ("Set up like a bowling pin" as the Grateful Dead song Truckin' says). If you set up a business and try to keep it going, that's positive.
- "Set someone up" pamela 14/April/06
- "Set someone up" rian 14/April/06