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put up Definition

• (v) put up; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"
• (v) mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"
• (v) construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
• (v) 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"
• (v) provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount"
• (v) preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
• (v) provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
• (v) propose as a candidate for some honor

put up Synonyms

• abide
• bear
• brook
• can
• contribute
• digest
• domiciliate
• endure
• erect
• house
• nominate
• offer
• post
• provide
• put forward
• put up
• raise
• rear
• set up
• stand
• stick out
• stomach
• suffer
• support
• tin
• tolerate