put-up
planned beforehand in a secret or crafty manner: a put-up job.
Origin of put-up
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How to use put-up in a sentence
But that makes the Ismael brothers no less proud of the resistance that they and other fellow fighters have put up.
And when we had Pride, we put up signs and some people would take them down.
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He recently put up $50 million for half the cost of the Kennedy Center expansion, where he is chairman of the board.
The real power lies in a handful of men like Dan Loeb, who personally put up a million dollars to take over the Senate.
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He said nothing, however, to the friends he had in view to put up the money and that necessary security.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxThe promoters went his security and put up the cash into the bargain, and he went back to the publishing house victorious.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxThe 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 ShowellVal 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 WoodThe first engine worked by steam in this town that we have record of was put up at same works in Water Street, in 1760.
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British Dictionary definitions for put up
to build; erect: to put up a statue
to accommodate or be accommodated at: can you put me up for tonight?
to increase (prices)
to submit or present (a plan, case, etc)
to offer: to put a house up for sale
to provide or supply; give: to put up a good fight
to provide (money) for; invest in: they put up five thousand for the new project
to preserve or can (jam, etc)
to pile up (long hair) on the head in any of several styles
(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
archaic to return (a weapon) to its holder, as a sword to its sheath: put up your pistol!
put up to
to inform or instruct (a person) about (tasks, duties, etc)
to urge or goad (a person) on to; incite to
put up with informal to endure; tolerate
dishonestly or craftily prearranged or conceived (esp in the phrase put-up job)
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Other Idioms and Phrases with 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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