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put up
verb
Definition of PUT UP
transitive verb
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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 (as a prayer)
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: set 16
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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 (as a plot or scheme) 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>; also : score 4a(1) <put up 20 points>
intransitive verb
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: lodge
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: to take direct action —used in the phrase put up or shut up
— put one up to
: to incite one to (a course of action) <they put him up to playing the prank>
— put up with
: to endure or tolerate without complaint or attempt at reprisal
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First Known Use of PUT UP
14th century
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