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Put up

adj, verb, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of put-up. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Verb
  1. 1
    To place in a high location. transitive

    "Please put up your luggage in the overhead bins."

  2. 2
    preserve in a can or tin wordnet
  3. 3
    To hang; to mount. transitive

    "Many people put up messages on their refrigerators."

  4. 4
    put up with something or somebody unpleasant wordnet
  5. 5
    To style (the hair) up on the head, instead of letting it hang down. transitive
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  1. 6
    propose as a candidate for some honor wordnet
  2. 7
    To cajole or dare (someone) to do (something). idiomatic, transitive

    "I think someone put him up to it."

  3. 8
    place so as to be noticed wordnet
  4. 9
    To store away. idiomatic, transitive

    "Be sure to put up the tools when you finish."

  5. 10
    construct, build, or erect wordnet
  6. 11
    To house; to shelter; to take in. idiomatic, transitive

    "We can put you up for the night."

  7. 12
    provide wordnet
  8. 13
    To stay, to sojourn (at a hotel, inn, tavern, etc.) archaic, intransitive

    "Avoiding the Blue Boar, I put up at an inn of minor reputation down the town, and ordered some dinner."

  9. 14
    make available for sale at an auction wordnet
  10. 15
    To present, especially in "put up a fight". idiomatic, transitive

    "That last fighter put up quite a fight."

  11. 16
    mount or put up wordnet
  12. 17
    To endure; to put up with; to tolerate. transitive

    "By gogs bloud my maiſters, we will not put vp this ſo quietly, […] VVele ſo deale of ourſelues as wele reuenge this villainy."

  13. 18
    provide someone with accommodation wordnet
  14. 19
    To provide funds in advance. transitive

    "Butty Sugrue put up £300,000 for the Ali–Lewis fight."

  15. 20
    To build a structure. transitive

    "The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, […]."

  16. 21
    To make available; to offer. transitive

    "The picture was put up for auction."

  17. 22
    To cause (wild game) to break cover. transitive

    ""By George! they'll have something to excite them if they put us up.""

  18. 23
    To can (food) domestically; to preserve (meat, fruit or vegetables) by sterilizing and storing in a bottle, jar or can. idiomatic, transitive

    "People made their own cottage cheese, picked wild strawberries and canned them, and put up apples."

  19. 24
    To score; to accumulate scoring. Ellipsis of to put up on the scoreboard. Canada, US, idiomatic, transitive

    "In addition to putting up nearly 3,300 receiving yards and 32 touchdown receptions in three college seasons, he was also the main punt returner for the Sooners."

  20. 25
    To set (matter) in capital letters; to switch text from lowercase to capital letters. historical, transitive
  21. 26
    To compliment or respect (someone); to number (someone) among some greats. slang, transitive

    "I put him up with Biggie, Tupac and them."

  22. 27
    To kill (someone). slang, transitive

    "I'll put him up."

  23. 28
    Synonym of frame up (“falsely pin a crime on”).
  24. 29
    To inspect or plan out with a view to robbery. UK, archaic, slang, transitive

    "Her account of the manner in which the 'plant' was made upon her, affords a good example of the style of 'putting up' a house robbery: […]"

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