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Verb: put up- Place so as to be noticed
"put up a sign"; - post - Mount or put up
"put up a good fight"; - provide, offer - (construction) Construct, build
"put up a barn"; - raise, erect, rear, set up - Put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer - Make available for sale at an auction
"The dealer put up three of his most valuable paintings for auction" - (cooking) preserve in a can or tin
- can, tin - Provide someone with accomodation
"The immigrants were put up in a new development outside the town"; - house, domiciliate - Provide
"The city has to put up half the required amount"; - contribute - Propose as a candidate for some honour
- nominate, put forward Adjective: put-up 'pût,úp- Planned secretly
"it was a put-up job"
Derived forms: put up, putting up, puts up See also: lay, planned Type of: allow, build, construct, countenance, engage, instal, install, keep, let, make, nominate, offer, pay, permit, preserve, propose, put in, set up, shelter, wage Antonym: raze |