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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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Word History and Origins

Origin of put-up1

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

The routine was that a husband would be “caught” in a compromising position with some woman, either his actual girlfriend or a woman who’d been paid to go along with the put-up job.

The 2022 season may be pivotal for the Commanders: a new quarterback era, the owner still being investigated by Congress, the coach looking at a put-up or shut-up season.

I don’t trust Russia, which invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, and so I immediately guessed that each of these cases was some sort of anti-American put-up job.

“This is not quite a put-up job, but nonetheless has been cobbled together so that Ghislaine is made to face the charges that Epstein never faced,’’ Ian Maxwell said.

Takeover Panel extends CD&R's "put-up or shut-up" deadline until Aug. 20.

From Reuters

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