# put up

Pronunciation: US/UK say "puut-UP" /pʊt ˈʌp/; AUS

## Phrasal verb

1. To endure or tolerate something or someone unpleasant; now usually in the form put up with.
   - Simple: To accept or live with something bad or annoying, usually said as put up with.
   - _Residents have put up with the construction noise for nearly two years._
   - _I don't know how you put up with a commute like that every day._
2. To build or erect a structure.
   - Simple: To build something such as a house, wall or fence.
   - _Developers plan to put up three apartment towers along the river._
   - _With help from the neighbors, the family put the barn up in a single weekend._
3. To hang or mount something in place.
   - Simple: To hang something on a wall or fix it in place where people can see it.
   - _The landlord finally came to put up new shelves in the kitchen._
   - _Campaign signs had been put up all over town overnight._
4. To give someone a place to stay.
   - Simple: To let someone stay in your home for a short time.
   - _A local family put the stranded travelers up until the roads reopened._
   - _The company puts up visiting engineers at a hotel near the plant._
5. To present or offer something, especially resistance, as in put up a fight.
   - Simple: To show a certain amount of fight or effort against someone, as in put up a fight.
   - _Protesters put up stiff resistance when police tried to clear the square._
   - _The senator put up a strong fight before finally conceding the race._
6. To make something available; to offer it, as for sale, auction or adoption.
   - Simple: To offer something so that others can buy it or take it.
   - _The museum put two of its paintings up for auction to pay for roof repairs._
   - _After months of agonizing, she decided to put up the baby for adoption._
7. To provide money in advance for something.
   - Simple: To give the money needed for something before it happens.
   - _A group of local investors put up two million dollars to build the stadium._
   - _The promoter put up the prize money months before the fight was even scheduled._
8. To place something in a high position.
   - Simple: To put something in a high place.
   - _Dad put the knives up on a high shelf, out of the toddler's reach._
   - _Put up your hand if you have a question during the talk._
9. To arrange the hair up on the head rather than letting it hang down.
   - Simple: To fix your hair on top of your head instead of letting it hang down.
   - _For the interview she put her hair up in a neat bun._
   - _Her grandmother taught her to put up her hair with just two pins._
11. To coax or dare someone into doing something; used with to.
   - Simple: To get someone to do something by asking, pushing or daring them.
   - _I suspect his older brother put him up to the prank._
   - _Nobody put me up to it; I wrote the letter on my own._
12. To store something away, putting it where it is kept.
   - Simple: To put something away in its usual place.
   - _Put up the lawn chairs before the storm rolls in._
   - _She put up the leftovers in the fridge and started on the dishes._
14. To score, or to build up a scoring total over a game or a season. *(Canada, US)*
   - Simple: To score points in a game or over a season.
   - _The rookie put up 28 points and 11 rebounds in his first start._
   - _Can the offense put up enough yards to keep pace with the league leaders?_
15. To preserve meat, fruit, or vegetables at home by sterilizing them and sealing them in jars, bottles, or cans.
   - Simple: To save fruit, vegetables, or meat at home by heating them and sealing them in jars.
   - _She spent August putting up green beans and corn from the garden._
   - _My parents still put up their own pickles and applesauce every fall._
17. To show great respect for someone, ranking them among the greats. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To praise someone and say they are as good as the very best.
   - _Honestly, I put that young poet up with the best of them._
   - _A lot of folks put him up with the legends after that championship run._
18. To kill a person. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To kill someone.
   - _Detectives heard a rumor that a rival crew had put him up over a debt._
   - _He knew the crew would put him up if he ever showed his face in the neighborhood again._
19. To drive wild game out of its cover so that it breaks into the open.
   - Simple: To scare hunted animals or birds out of their hiding place.
   - _The spaniel worked along the hedgerow and put up a pair of pheasants._
   - _Beaters moved through the woods to put up any deer hiding in the brush._
20. To set type in capital letters, or to change text from lowercase to capitals.
   - Simple: To change printed words from small letters to capital letters.
   - _The compositor put up the chapter titles and left the rest of the page in lowercase._
   - _The typesetter had to put up the whole warning label after the client asked for capitals._

## Adjective · put-up

Pronunciation: say "PUUT-up" /ˈpʊt ʌp/

10. Of an event, secretly arranged in advance, especially to cheat someone or to serve one's own interests.
   - Simple: Planned in secret before it happens, often to cheat or trick someone.
   - _Investigators came to believe the break-in was a put-up job staged to collect the insurance._
   - _Critics called the town hall a put-up affair, with every question chosen in advance._

## Noun · put-up

Pronunciation: say "PUUT-up" /ˈpʊt ʌp/

13. Something arranged in advance or faked in order to trick someone or to further one's own interests.
   - Simple: Something planned or faked ahead of time to trick people or to get something for yourself.
   - _The defense argued that the drug bust was a put-up arranged by a rival dealer._
   - _Fans suspected the fight was a put-up, since both boxers had the same manager._

## Phrasal verb

16. To stay for a while at a hotel, inn, tavern, or similar place. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To stay for a short time at a hotel, inn, or similar place.
   - _Rather than drive home in the storm, the salesman put up at a roadside motel._
   - _During the conference, most of the speakers put up at the hotel across the square._
21. To inspect a place or plan out a job in advance, with a view to robbing it. *(archaic, UK)*
   - Simple: To look over a place or plan ahead before robbing it.
   - _An inside man helped them put up the robbery, telling them when the safe would be full._
   - _The thieves put up the warehouse for weeks, noting when the night watchman made his rounds._

## Origin

Formed from the verb put up.

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