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Swedish
Verb
sätta dit (present sätter dit, preterite satte dit, supine satt dit, imperative sätt dit)
- to make (someone) look bad (and suffer consequences for looking bad); to get (someone), to expose (someone), to nail (someone)
Journalisterna försökte sätta dit honom med svåra frågor- The journalists tried to catch him out with difficult questions (tried to get him)
Polisen lyckades sätta dit smugglarna- The police managed to nail the smugglers
Vem satte dit Roger Rabbit?- Who framed Roger Rabbit?
- to put or attach (something) in or on another object (more than temporarily, for some purpose)
Jag satte dit en extra fläkt- I put in an extra fan
- (figuratively, sports) to place (a ball, puck, etc.) in a goal; to score
Han satte dit 3-0 för laget- He scored 3-0 for the team
Usage notes
Context dictates whether someone is being caught for a crime they committed or framed in (sense 1).
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