put up

put up

• “post a sign”
• “post a warning at the dump”

mount or put up

• “put up a good fight”
• “offer resistance”

construct, build, or erect

• “Raise a barn”

put up with something or somebody unpleasant

• “I cannot bear his constant criticism”
• “The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks”
• “he learned to tolerate the heat”
• “She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage”

provide

• “The city has to put up half the required amount”

preserve in a can or tin

• “tinned foods are not very tasty”

provide housing for

• “The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town”

propose as a candidate for some honor

planned secretly

• “it was a put-up job”