put up

/P UH1 T AH1 P/

verb

1
To place in a high location.
“Please put up your luggage in the overhead bins.”
2
To hang; to mount.
“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.
“I think someone put him up to it.”
5
To store away.
“Be sure to put up the tools when you finish.”
6
To house; to shelter; to take in.
“We can put you up for the night.”
7
To present, especially in "put up a fight".
“That last fighter put up quite a fight.”
8
To endure; to put up with; to tolerate.
9
To provide funds in advance.
“Butty Sugrue put up £300,000 for the Ali–Lewis fight.”
10
To build a structure.
11
To make available; to offer.
“I put my first child up for adoption.”
12
(of meat, fruit and vegetables) To can; to process by sterilizing and storing in a bottle or can.
13
To score; to accumulate scoring. Ellipsis of to put up on the scoreboard.
14
To stop at an hotel or a tavern for entertainment.

adjective

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

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