Put up - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpʊt ʌp|  American pronunciation of the word put up
Brit.  |ˈpʊt ʌp|

verb

- place so as to be noticed (syn: post)
- mount or put up (syn: offer, provide)
put up a good fight
- construct, build, or erect (syn: erect, raise, rear, set up)
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant (syn: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate)
- make available for sale at an auction
The dealer put up three of his most valuable paintings for auction
- preserve in a can or tin (syn: can, tin)
- provide housing for (syn: house)
- provide (syn: contribute)
The city has to put up half the required amount
- propose as a candidate for some honor (syn: nominate, put forward)

Extra examples

Next year we shall put up "King Lear".

You are not allowed to put up advertisements on this wall without special permission.

After grandmother's death, the furniture was put up for sale.

Rents are fixed and cannot be put up.

If you put up your share, Father will put up the rest.

Every summer Mother puts up a large quantity of ripe fruit.

I can put up two adults, but no children.

We can put up at the hotel, or with friends.

I can't put up with it any longer.

...the builders put up the walls before starting on the roof...

...plans to put up a pavilion in the public gardens...

Do you know how to put up a tent?

Do you really intend to put up for that seat?

What argument do you have to put up against that?

The dealer put up three of his most valuable paintings for auction

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