How to pronounce “put up”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Alternative form of put-up.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To place in a high location.
• (transitive) To hang; to mount.
• (transitive) To style (the hair) up on the head, instead of letting it hang down.
• (transitive, idiomatic, used with "to") To cajole or dare (someone) to do (something).
• (transitive, idiomatic) To store away.
• (transitive, idiomatic) To house; to shelter; to take in.
• (intransitive, archaic) To stay, to sojourn (at a hotel, inn, tavern, etc.)
• (transitive, idiomatic) To present, especially in "put up a fight".
• (transitive) To endure; to put up with; to tolerate.
• (transitive) To provide funds in advance.
• (transitive) To build a structure.
• (transitive) To make available; to offer.
• (hunting, transitive) To cause (wild game) to break cover.
• (transitive, food and drink, idiomatic) To can (food) domestically; to preserve (meat, fruit or vegetables) by sterilizing and storing in a bottle, jar or can.
• (US, Canada, transitive, sports, idiomatic) To score; to accumulate scoring. Ellipsis of to put up on the scoreboard.
• (transitive, printing, historical) To set (matter) in capital letters; to switch text from lowercase to capital letters.
• (transitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To compliment or respect (someone); to number (someone) among some greats.
• (transitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To kill (someone).
• Synonym of frame up (“falsely pin a crime on”).
• (UK, slang, archaic, transitive) To inspect or plan out with a view to robbery.

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