put-up

[ poot-uhp ]

adjectiveInformal.
  1. planned beforehand in a secret or crafty manner: a put-up job.

Origin of put-up

1
First recorded in 1800–10; adj. use of verb phrase put up

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How to use put-up in a sentence

  • He said nothing, however, to the friends he had in view to put up the money and that necessary security.

    The Homesteader | Oscar Micheaux
  • The promoters went his security and put up the cash into the bargain, and he went back to the publishing house victorious.

    The Homesteader | Oscar Micheaux
  • The first steam rolling mill, with the exception of the one at Soho, was put up at Bradley ironworks.

    Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
  • Val was a fool for letting his town house in the spring but of course we know he is one and must put up with it.

    Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood
  • The first engine worked by steam in this town that we have record of was put up at same works in Water Street, in 1760.

    Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell

British Dictionary definitions for put up

put up

verb(adverb, mainly tr)
  1. to build; erect: to put up a statue

  2. to accommodate or be accommodated at: can you put me up for tonight?

  1. to increase (prices)

  2. to submit or present (a plan, case, etc)

  3. to offer: to put a house up for sale

  4. to provide or supply; give: to put up a good fight

  5. to provide (money) for; invest in: they put up five thousand for the new project

  6. to preserve or can (jam, etc)

  7. to pile up (long hair) on the head in any of several styles

  8. (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

  9. archaic to return (a weapon) to its holder, as a sword to its sheath: put up your pistol!

  10. put up to

    • to inform or instruct (a person) about (tasks, duties, etc)

    • to urge or goad (a person) on to; incite to

  11. put up with informal to endure; tolerate

adjectiveput-up
  1. dishonestly or craftily prearranged or conceived (esp in the phrase put-up job)

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Other Idioms and Phrases with put-up

put-up

Erect, build; also, lift to a higher position. For example, They put up three new houses on our street, or She looks more grownup when she puts up her hair in a bun. [c. 1600]

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