1 (v + adv) CRAFT fabric, garment, etc TRANSITIVEfuaigh verb c m uhe stitched up the holed'fhuaigh sé an poll2 (v + adv) MED sew wound, incision TRANSITIVEgreamanna a chur i c m uthey stitched up the woundchuir siad greamanna sa chréacht3 (v + adv) MED treat injured person TRANSITIVEcóir leighis a chur ar c m ucóireáil verb c m ushe left the field to get stitched upd'fhág sí an pháirc go gcuirfí cóir leighis uirthi4 (v + adv) informal frame sb TRANSITIVEto stitch sb upduine a chrochadh go calaoiseachhe was stitched up for murdercuireadh dúnmharú ina leith go calaoiseach5 (v + adv) informal fix deal etc TRANSITIVEsocraigh verb c m uthey stitched up the vote beforehandbhí an vóta socraithe roimh ré acuthat job is stitched uptá an post sin socraithe cheana féin → féach stitch
stitch-up
(also
stitch up
) informal1 noun fixed dealtoradh camcúbláil fem c m ucamastaíl fem3 c m uthe whole deal was a stitch-up from start to finishba shoinicúil an beart é ó thús deireadhthey think those two are involved in a stitch upcreideann siad go bhfuil uisce faoi thalamh ar siúl ag an bpéire sin2 noun to incriminate sbfeall masc1 c m ubob masc4 c m uthere was a stitch up and I was the one to sufferrinneadh feall agus mise a bhí thíos leisshe was the victim of a stitch upbuaileadh bob uirthi