English
Verb
en-verb|inf=to put up|puts up|putting up|put up
- transitiveTo place in a high location.
#: Please put up your luggage in the overhead bins.
- transitiveTo hang or mount.
#: Many people put up messages upon their refrigerator.
- idiomtransitive To cajole or dare to do something.
#: I think someone put him up to it.
- idiomtransitive To store away.
#: Be sure to put up the tools when you finish.
- idiomtransitive To house, shelter, or take in.
#: We can put you up for the night.
- idiomtransitive To present, especially in "put up a fight".
#: That last fighter put up quite a fight.
Usage notes
The object in senses 1-5 can come before or after the particle. If it is a pronoun, then it MUST come before the particle.
In sense 6 the object must always come after the particle.
Related terms
put up or shut up
put up with
Category:English phrasal verbs
Category:English simple past forms
Category:English past participles
fr:put up
io:put up
it:put up
pl:put up
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