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put-up

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Adjective put-up has 1 sense
  1. put-up - planned secretly; "it was a put-up job"
    Antonym:
    unplanned (indirect, via planned)
Verb put-up has 8 senses
  1. post, put up - put up; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"
    --1 is one way to install, instal, put in, set up
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. put up, provide, offer - mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"
    --2 is one way to engage, wage
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. raise, erect, rear, set up, put up - construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
    --3 is one way to construct, build, make
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up - 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"
    --4 is one way to permit, allow, let, countenance
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    => Somebody ----s PP
  5. put up, contribute - provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount"
    --5 is one way to pay
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  6. can, tin, put up - preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
    --6 is one way to preserve, keep
    Sample sentence:
    The chefs put up the vegetables
  7. house, put up, domiciliate - provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
    --7 is one way to shelter
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
    Somebody ----s something PP
  8. nominate, put up, put forward - propose as a candidate for some honor
    --8 is one way to nominate, propose
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s PP
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