Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

put up

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.59 in modern English

Syllables: put up
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of put-up.

verb

To place in a high location.

Transitive verb

verb

To hang; to mount.

Transitive verb

verb

To style (the hair) up on the head, instead of letting it hang down.

Transitive verb

verb

To cajole or dare (someone) to do (something).

Transitive verb

verb

Transitive verb

verb

To house; to shelter; to take in.

Transitive verb

verb

To stay, to sojourn (at a hotel, inn, tavern, etc.)

Archaic; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Please put up your luggage in the overhead bins."
"Three volunteers put up their hands in response to the speaker's request."
"Many people put up messages on their refrigerators."
"I think someone put him up to it."
"Be sure to put up the tools when you finish."
"“As for your money,” replied Partridge, “I beg, sir, you will put it up; I will receive none of you at this time; for at present I am, I believe, the richer man of the two. […]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

puts up (present, singular) putting up (participle, present)

Phrases

put up or shut up put up with put-you-up

Frequently Paired Words

lock away lock up

Synonyms

put away frame up can tin digest endure stick out stomach bear stand tolerate support

Antonyms

let down put down

Questions

What does put up mean?: Alternative form of put-up.

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