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

A cordon has been put up around the area - close to the M61- and there is a large emergency services presence at the scene.

From BBC

“She had written horrible things during the entire trial. She’s dead now, thank goodness, and nobody has to put up with that c**p she was writing all the time.”

From Salon

Any not paid for by then will be put up for resale.

From BBC

A banner accusing Sinn Féin of being "traitors" has been put up at the office of the party's deputy leader Michelle O'Neill.

From BBC

The interview process involved "lots of weird and wonderful tasks", he said, including having to put up a tent while blindfolded and wearing oven mitts.

From BBC

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