Set up
Set up verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.
Up on
Up on adjective - Being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge.
Both terms in one sentence
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The disappearance of Kukiel is set up to look exactly like a child abduction that might show up on the news.
- All Over The Guy, a story about two friends who set up their gay friends up on a horrible first date.
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Makoto Naegi ends up on the uncomfortable end of this in Dangan Ronpa, having been deliberately set up as a fall guy... by the victim.
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