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Adjective put-up has 1 sense
- put-up - planned secretly; "it was a put-up job"
Antonym: unplanned (indirect, via planned)
Verb put-up has 8 senses
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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