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Definition of Put up

1. Verb. Place so as to be noticed. "Post a warning at the dump"

2. Verb. Mount or put up. "Offer resistance"

3. Verb. Construct, build, or erect. "Raise a barn"

4. Verb. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. "Sam cannot put up Sue "; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

5. Verb. Make available for sale at an auction. "The dealer put up three of his most valuable paintings for auction"

6. Verb. Preserve in a can or tin. "The chefs put up the vegetables"; "Tinned foods are not very tasty"

7. Verb. Provide housing for. "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"

8. Verb. Provide. "The city has to put up half the required amount"

9. Verb. Propose as a candidate for some honor.

Definition of Put up

1. Verb. (transitive) To place in a high location. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To hang or mount. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To cajole or dare to do something. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To store away. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To house, shelter, or take in. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To present, ''especially in'' "put up a fight". ¹

7. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To endure, put up with. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Put Up

put through the mangle put through the wringer put to put to bed put to bed with a shovel put to death put to rest put to sleep put to the sword put to the test

put to use put to work put together put two and two together put under put up (current term) put up a fight put up one's dukes put up or shut up put up the shutters

put up with put upon put words in somebody's mouth put words in someone's mouth putable putamen putamens putamina

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