put up; putting up; puts up
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: to start (game animals) from cover
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: to nominate for election
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: to offer up (something, such as a prayer)
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: to make available
especially
: to offer for public sale
put their possessions up for auction
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: to give food and shelter to : accommodate
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: to arrange (a plot, a scheme, etc.) with others
put up a job to steal the jewels
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a
: to make a display of
put up a brave front
b
: to engage in
put up a struggle
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a
: contribute, pay
put up bail money
b
: to offer as a prize or stake
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chiefly British
: to increase the amount of : raise
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: to succeed in producing or achieving
an athlete who has put up big numbers
Examples of put-up in a Sentence
Verb
the builders put up the walls before starting on the roof
plans to put up a pavilion in the public gardens
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Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
Lacey puts up no argument, kisses Jack, then walks away from her boyfriend, who, again, was just killed in public by the cops.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
Sadly, one of those theories was promoted by Utah senator Mike Lee, who spread the risible idea that the whole Capitol riot was some sort of put-up job by the feds rather than criminal misconduct by Trump supporters.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
Verb
As our film contract stipulates, Han and Leo have been put up in the Bowery Hotel during the two-day shoot — two days, at least, when the loft is safe — and the location scout grabs photos of the destruction.
—Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
Lacey puts up no argument, kisses Jack, then walks away from her boyfriend, who, again, was just killed in public by the cops.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Put-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put-up. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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