Put Up

Verb1.put up - put up; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"
instal, install, put in, set up - set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"
2.put up - mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"
wage, engage - as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
3.put up - construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
construction, building - the act of constructing or building something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"
build, construct, make - make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
4.put up - put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
live with, swallow, accept - tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncracies"
hold still for, stand for - tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!"
bear up - endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain"
take lying down - suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively; "I won't take this insult lying down"
take a joke - listen to a joke at one's one expense; "Can't you take a joke?"
undergo, submit, take - accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"
sit out - endure to the end
pay - bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later"
countenance, permit, allow, let - consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"
suffer - endure (emotional pain); "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"
5.put up - provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount"
pay - give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please"
6.put up - preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
preserve, keep - prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"
7.put up - provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
rehouse - put up in a new or different housing
home - provide with, or send to, a home
lodge, accommodate - provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"
chamber - place in a chamber
shelter - provide shelter for; "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people"
take in - provide with shelter
8.put up - propose as a candidate for some honor
nominate, propose - put forward; nominate for appointment to an office; "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission"

 

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