0 to establish someone or yourself in a business or position:
1 to provide the money that someone needs for an important task or activity that is expected to last a long time:
2 to trick someone in order to make them do something, or in order to make someone seem guilty of something that they have not done:
3 to provide the money or other support so that someone can start a business or work in a particular position:
set sb up (as sth) After he lost his job, his father set him up as a consultant to the family business.
set yourself up Noye set himself up as a haulage contractor.
