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

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of put-up¹

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

Example Sentences

Democrats put up a net loss even when Biden won the presidency in 2020, shedding 14 seats and shrinking their House majority to a minuscule four-seat advantage, kneecapping the Biden agenda.

From Slate

They put up another net loss in 2022, in the same electoral environment where Senate Democrats managed a net gain, dropping to a five-seat deficit, which effectively ended the legislative ambitions of the Biden administration altogether.

From Slate

And in April, a number of returned or unwanted tickets will be put up for sale.

From BBC

"I've got friends who refused to come to Edinburgh because they didn't want to put up with the treatment of Scottish students so they went to surrounding unis because it is way worse here than anywhere else."

From BBC

The banner - which was put up at the office O'Neill shares with Mid Ulster MP Cathal Mallaghan in Cookstown in County Tyrone - featured the word "traitors" alongside bloody handprints and a poppy.

From BBC

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