put up
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English
Definitions
verb
- To place in a high location.βPlease put up your luggage in the overhead bins.β
- To hang; to mount.βMany people put up messages on their refrigerators.β
- To style (the hair) up on the head instead of letting it hang down.
- (with 'to') To cajole or dare to do something.βI think someone put him up to it.β
adjective
- (of an event) Secretly arranged in advance, especially in order to defraud someone or to advance one's own interests.