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put up

VERB
  1. preserve in a can or tin
    tinned foods are not very tasty
  2. provide
    The city has to put up half the required amount
  3. construct, build, or erect
    Raise a barn
  4. make available for sale at an auction
    The dealer put up three of his most valuable paintings for auction
  5. place so as to be noticed
    post a warning at the dump
    post a sign
  6. mount or put up
    offer resistance
    put up a good fight
  7. provide housing for
    The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town
  8. propose as a candidate for some honor
  9. put up with something or somebody unpleasant
    he learned to tolerate the heat
    She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
    The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
    I cannot bear his constant criticism
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  • Even so it is a very secure bend and can put up with a good deal of strain and movement. It can also be used to tie a bend with thin line.
  • (Regular posters such as Kurland put up more on their own 3-D YouTube channels.) USATODAY.com Weather News
  • They have to put up with some shoddy sequels to groundbreaking originals.
  • The old flower and fruit market has been put up for sale.
  • The central bank has put up interest rates.
  • They currently have up to 65 days to notify consumers after they have put up prices. Times, Sunday Times
  • In recent years the Grahams have had to put up with freezing cold, mildew and woodworm.
  • It's heartening to know that not all Mexicans are in thrall to the mighty Christmas tree and still put up nacimientos in their homes! OK! Now that I know . . . . . .
  • My kitchen sink view is to the north, up the hill that crests our property, to a small apple orchard and the run my husband put up for our dogs (we call it their "playpen" and whenever they hear that word, they go crazy!) Posy
  • Sir Robert Smirke in 1807 put up work which consisted chiefly of panelling, which was affixed to the easternmost wall of the feretory. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
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