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Meaning of put up

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

put up

Pronunciation:

verb

Definitions

  1. To place in a high location.

    Example: Please put up your luggage in the overhead bins.

  2. To hang; to mount.

    Example: Many people put up messages on their refrigerators.

  3. To style (the hair) up on the head instead of letting it hang down.

  4. (with 'to') To cajole or dare to do something.

    Example: I think someone put him up to it.

adjective

Definitions

  1. (of an event) Secretly arranged in advance, especially in order to defraud someone or to advance one's own interests.