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| 1. | [ verb ] put up | |
| Synonyms: | post | |
| Examples: | "post a sign" "post a warning at the dump" |
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| Related terms: | install poster | |
| 2. | [ verb ] construct, build, or erect | |
| Synonyms: | erect set_up raise rear | |
| Examples: | "Raise a barn" |
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| Related terms: | level construct construction erecting | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (military) mount or put up | |
| Synonyms: | provide offer | |
| Examples: | "put up a good fight" "offer resistance" |
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| Related terms: | engage | |
| 4. | [ verb ] put up with something or somebody unpleasant | |
| Synonyms: | bear stand suffer tolerate endure abide brook stick_out digest support stomach | |
| Examples: | "I cannot bear his constant criticism" "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks" "he learned to tolerate the heat" "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
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| Related terms: | permit take pay accept stand_for bear_up take_lying_down take_a_joke sit_out suffer endurance tolerance toleration | |
| 5. | [ verb ] provide | |
| Synonyms: | contribute | |
| Examples: | "The city has to put up half the required amount" |
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| Related terms: | pay contribution | |
| 6. | [ verb ] (food) preserve in a can or tin | |
| Synonyms: | can tin | |
| Examples: | "tinned foods are not very tasty" |
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| Related terms: | preserve cooking can cannery | |
| 7. | [ verb ] (housing) provide housing for | |
| Synonyms: | house domiciliate | |
| Examples: | "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town" |
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| Related terms: | shelter take_in chamber home rehouse lodge housing diggings | |
| 8. | [ verb ] (government) propose as a candidate for some honor | |
| Synonyms: | nominate put_forward | |
| Related terms: | nominate nomination nominator | |
| Similar spelling: |
put-up |
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