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put up

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verb

  1. To place in a high location.β€œPlease put up your luggage in the overhead bins.”
  2. To hang; to mount.β€œMany 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.β€œI think someone put him up to it.”

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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