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put up

pu·tup

common

verb

1.

put up

  • “post a sign”
  • “post a warning at the dump”
Synonyms
2.

mount or put up

  • “put up a good fight”
  • “offer resistance”
3.

construct, build, or erect

  • “Raise a barn”
4.

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”
5.

provide

  • “The city has to put up half the required amount”
6.

preserve in a can or tin

  • “tinned foods are not very tasty”
Synonyms
7.

provide housing for

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

adjective

1.

planned secretly

  • “it was a put-up job”
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Origin

Deverbal from put up.

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