Definition of put-up
: arranged secretly beforehand
- a put-up job
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First Known Use of put-up
1810
put up
Definition of put up
1 a
: to place in a container or receptacle
- put his lunch up in a bag
b
: to put away (a sword) in a scabbard : sheathe
c
: to prepare so as to preserve for later use : can
d
: to put in storage
2
: to start (game animals) from cover
3
: to nominate for election
4
: to offer up (something, such as a prayer)
5
: set 16
6
: to make available;
especially
: to offer for public sale
- put their possessions up for auction
7
: to give food and shelter to : accommodate
8
: to arrange (a plot, a scheme, etc.) with others
- put up a job to steal the jewels
10 a
: to make a display of
- put up a brave front
b
: to engage in
- put up a struggle
11 a
: contribute, pay
- put up bail money
b
: to offer as a prize or stake
13
: to succeed in producing or achieving
- an athlete who has put up big numbers
- put up 20 points
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put one up to
: to incite one to (a course of action)
- they put him up to playing the prank
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put up with
: to endure or tolerate without complaint or attempt at reprisal
Examples of put up in a Sentence
the builders put up the walls before starting on the roof
plans to put up a pavilion in the public gardens
Recent Examples of put up from the Web
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Delliacono serves on the committee that puts up the Field of Honor flag display each year.
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Game 1 put up a 12.3 rating, then Game 2 posted a 12.7.
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No compatible source was found for this media. Advertisement X Garcia is a a far cry from the pitcher who dazzled early on, ending April with a 1.00 ERA, second only to the 0.84 ERA put up the first month by Johnny Cueto of the Giants.
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This Memorial Day, the Kingwood Rotary and their partners put up nearly 400 American flags across the Kingwood, Oakhurst and Atascocita areas.
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In 2003, Metro put up fences around the ends of the bridge to deter trespassers, Ashe said.
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Through Ponce’s brother, Lopez was able to get work as a subcontractor to put up drywall.
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Imagine if your neighbor kid hits a baseball through your window then puts up a YouTube video.
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The Mustangs, though, saw Westminster also put up a four spot in the third inning to slide back ahead, 5-4.
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First Known Use of put up
14th century
put up Synonyms
Synonyms
assemble, build, confect, construct, erect, fabricate, make, make up, piece, raise, rear, set up;
Antonyms
demount, disassemble, dismantle, dismember, knock down, strike, take down, tear down;
Near Antonyms
demolish, destroy, devastate, flatten, level, pull down, pulverize, raze, ruin, ruinate, shatter, smash, wreck;
Related Words
carpenter, fashion, forge, frame, hammer, handcraft, manufacture, mold, produce, shape;
begin, coin, create, generate, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, invent, originate;
constitute, establish, father, found, institute, organize;
conceive, concoct, contrive, cook (up), design, devise, imagine, think (up);
reassemble, rebuild, reconstruct, redevelop, retrofit;
Phrases
put together;
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