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put-up
[poot-uhp]
adjective
planned beforehand in a secret or crafty manner.
a put-up job.
put up
verb
to build; erect
to put up a statue
to accommodate or be accommodated at
can you put me up for tonight?
to increase (prices)
to submit or present (a plan, case, etc)
to offer
to put a house up for sale
to provide or supply; give
to put up a good fight
to provide (money) for; invest in
they put up five thousand for the new project
to preserve or can (jam, etc)
to pile up (long hair) on the head in any of several styles
(also intr) to nominate or be nominated as a candidate, esp for a political or society post
he put his wife up as secretary
he put up for president
archaicto return (a weapon) to its holder, as a sword to its sheath
put up your pistol!
to inform or instruct (a person) about (tasks, duties, etc)
to urge or goad (a person) on to; incite to
informalto endure; tolerate
adjective
dishonestly or craftily prearranged or conceived (esp in the phrase put-up job )
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of put-up1
Idioms and Phrases
Erect, build; also, lift to a higher position. For example, They put up three new houses on our street , or She looks more grownup when she puts up her hair in a bun . [c. 1600]
Preserve, can, as in She put up countless jars of jam . [Early 1800s]
Nominate, as in Tom put up Peter for president . [Late 1500s]
Provide funds, especially in advance, as in They put up nearly a million for the new museum .
put someone up . Provide lodgings for, as in We can put you up for the night . [Mid-1700s]
Startle game from cover, as in The hunter put up three grouse . [Late 1400s]
Offer for sale, as in They had to put up their last antiques . [Early 1700s]
Make a display or appearance of, as in They were actually broke but put up a good front . [First half of 1800s]
Do well in a contest, as in They put up a good fight . [Late 1800s]
Stake money for a bet, as in Each player put up ten dollars . [Mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
The routine was that a husband would be “caught” in a compromising position with some woman, either his actual girlfriend or a woman who’d been paid to go along with the put-up job.
The 2022 season may be pivotal for the Commanders: a new quarterback era, the owner still being investigated by Congress, the coach looking at a put-up or shut-up season.
I don’t trust Russia, which invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, and so I immediately guessed that each of these cases was some sort of anti-American put-up job.
“This is not quite a put-up job, but nonetheless has been cobbled together so that Ghislaine is made to face the charges that Epstein never faced,’’ Ian Maxwell said.
Takeover Panel extends CD&R's "put-up or shut-up" deadline until Aug. 20.
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