phony up

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phony up (third-person singular simple present phonies up, present participle phonying up, simple past and past participle phonied up)

  1. To create a false version of something.
    Synonym: fake
    Coordinate term: mock up
    • 2000, Dana Stabenow, Midnight Come Again, →ISBN, page 237:
      They're in it up to their ears if they're phonying up a record of nonexistent checks.
    • 2005 -, Case Wagenvoord, Open Letters to George W. Bush:
      He phonies up some documents, plants them with CBS, and doesn't say a word when the story breaks. He lets others dispute their authenticity while he remains in the shadows.
    • 2014, Ken Oder, The Closing, →ISBN, page 207:
      The sheriff said, “What in hell makes you think Jones phonied up evidence?”

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