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put-up

[ poot-uhp ]

adjective

Informal.
  1. planned beforehand in a secret or crafty manner:

    a put-up job.



put up

verb

  1. to build; erect

    to put up a statue

  2. to accommodate or be accommodated at

    can you put me up for tonight?

  3. to increase (prices)
  4. to submit or present (a plan, case, etc)
  5. to offer

    to put a house up for sale

  6. to provide or supply; give

    to put up a good fight

  7. to provide (money) for; invest in

    they put up five thousand for the new project

  8. to preserve or can (jam, etc)
  9. to pile up (long hair) on the head in any of several styles
  10. also intr to nominate or be nominated as a candidate, esp for a political or society post

    he put his wife up as secretary

    he put up for president

  11. archaic.
    to return (a weapon) to its holder, as a sword to its sheath

    put up your pistol!

  12. put up to
    1. to inform or instruct (a person) about (tasks, duties, etc)
    2. to urge or goad (a person) on to; incite to
  13. put up with informal.
    to endure; tolerate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. dishonestly or craftily prearranged or conceived (esp in the phrase put-up job )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of put-up1

First recorded in 1800–10; adj. use of verb phrase put up

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