put-up
1 of 2adjective
ˈpu̇t-ˈəp 
: arranged secretly beforehand
a put-up job
put up
2 of 2verb
put up; putting up; puts up
transitive verb
1
a
: to place in a container or receptacle
put his lunch up in a bag
b
: to put away (a sword) in a scabbard : sheathe
c
: to prepare so as to preserve for later use : can
d
: to put in storage
2
: to start (game animals) from cover
3
: to nominate for election
4
: to offer up (something, such as a prayer)
5
: set sense 16
6
: to make available
especially : to offer for public sale
put their possessions up for auction
7
: to give food and shelter to : accommodate
8
: to arrange (a plot, a scheme, etc.) with others
put up a job to steal the jewels
9
: build, erect
10
a
: to make a display of
put up a brave front
b
: to engage in
put up a struggle
11
a
: contribute, pay
put up bail money
b
: to offer as a prize or stake
12
chiefly British : to increase the amount of : raise
13
: to succeed in producing or achieving
an athlete who has put up big numbers
also : score sense 4a(1)
put up 20 points
intransitive verb
1
: lodge
2
: to take direct action —used in the phrase put up or shut up
Synonyms
Verb
- erect
- pitch
- raise
- rear
- set up
- upend
- upraise
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Verb the builders put up the walls before starting on the roof plans to put up a pavilion in the public gardens
Recent Examples on the Web
Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Sep. 2022 Through three games, Hodge and Boley have put up eye-popping numbers, drawing interest from college coaches around the country. The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2022 There were some crazy offensive numbers put up in Gates Mills Gilmour Academy’s 41-35 win over Hawken. Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2022 Ukraine’s smaller military has put up a stiff resistance against the militarily superior Russian forces. Aamer Madhani, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022 The family has put up a $50,000 reward for information leading to her safe return, according to NBC affiliate WMC. Nicole Duarte, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2022 The Hadley sisters had just put up Christmas decorations with their family. Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2022 The network announced that the show has put up strong numbers, with the premiere episode watched by more than 8 million people. Liz Cantrell, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2022 Several trees have signs put up by Arlington County that note their size, species or history. Bridget Reed Morawski, Washington Post, 13 July 2022 See More
Verb
None of his receivers are older than 26, and none outside of Pittman Jr. have put up 400 yards in a season. Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Sep. 2022 Through three games, Hodge and Boley have put up eye-popping numbers, drawing interest from college coaches around the country. The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2022 There were some crazy offensive numbers put up in Gates Mills Gilmour Academy’s 41-35 win over Hawken. Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2022 Ukraine’s smaller military has put up a stiff resistance against the militarily superior Russian forces. Aamer Madhani, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022 The family has put up a $50,000 reward for information leading to her safe return, according to NBC affiliate WMC. Nicole Duarte, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2022 The Hadley sisters had just put up Christmas decorations with their family. Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2022 The network announced that the show has put up strong numbers, with the premiere episode watched by more than 8 million people. Liz Cantrell, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2022 Several trees have signs put up by Arlington County that note their size, species or history. Bridget Reed Morawski, Washington Post, 13 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
Adjective
1810, in the meaning defined above
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
putting up
verb
1
as in erecting
to fix in an upright position the builders put up the walls before starting on the roof Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- erecting
- setting up
- raising
- rearing
- lifting
- hoisting
- pitching
- upending
- bracing
- propping (up)
- upraising
- supporting
- shoring (up)
- picking up
- elevating
- upping
- upholding
- hiking
- buttressing
- uplifting
- perking (up)
- jacking (up)
- craning
- heightening
- hefting
- heaving
- boosting
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- tearing down
- flattening
- leveling
- knocking down
- demolishing
- levelling
- razing
2
as in building
to form by putting together parts or materials plans to put up a pavilion in the public gardens Synonyms & Similar Words
- building
- constructing
- assembling
- making up
- setting up
- making
- putting together
- creating
- erecting
- manufacturing
- designing
- piecing
- establishing
- fabricating
- producing
- rearing
- raising
- throwing up
- confecting
- generating
- rebuilding
- shaping
- molding
- organizing
- carpentering
- beginning
- forging
- originating
- concocting
- cooking (up)
- inventing
- framing
- founding
- fashioning
- innovating
- reconstructing
- initiating
- hammering
- thinking (up)
- inaugurating
- rigging (up)
- reedifying
- devising
- coining
- instituting
- prefabricating
- imagining
- handcrafting
- constituting
- fathering
- retrofitting
- combining
- reassembling
- conceiving
- redeveloping
- contriving
- jerry-building
- uniting
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- taking down
- tearing down
- knocking down
- striking
- blowing up
- dismantling
- destroying
- disassembling
- pulling down
- smashing
- wrecking
- shattering
- dismembering
- devastating
- ruining
- flattening
- demolishing
- leveling
- levelling
- pulverizing
- exploding
- razing
- demounting
- ruinating
- dividing
- detaching
- separating
- disengaging
- disconnecting
- disjoining
- disuniting
3
as in selling
to offer for sale to the public put their possessions up for auction Synonyms & Similar Words
- selling
- marketing
- dealing (in)
- retailing
- distributing
- merchandising
- vending
- providing
- merchandizing
- trafficking (in)
- promoting
- advertising
- exporting
- trading
- wholesaling
- exchanging
- peddling
- reselling
- hawking
- supplying
- remarketing
- preselling
- handling
- bartering
- paltering
- bargaining
- plugging
- haggling
- keeping
- touting
- ballyhooing
- auctioning
- carrying
- stocking
- chaffering
- dickering
- boosting
- horse-trading
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- buying
- purchasing
4
as in housing
to provide with living quarters or shelter the university puts up students in a variety of buildings Synonyms & Similar Words
- housing
- taking in
- accommodating
- lodging
- camping
- sheltering
- roofing
- boarding
- rooming
- quartering
- chambering
- billeting
- bunking
- bestowing
- encamping
- domiciling
- bivouacking
- harboring
- homing
- stabling
- shedding
- tenting
- roosting
- ensconcing
- securing
- bedding (down)
- barracking
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- ejecting
- evicting
5
as in plotting
to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends put up an elaborate scheme to defraud insurance companies Synonyms & Similar Words
- plotting
- scheming
- planning
- intriguing
- colluding
- conniving
- conspiring
- engineering
- contriving
- cooking (up)
- machinating
- devising
- counterplotting
- laying out
- hatching
- designing
- compassing
- concocting
- mapping
- brewing
- jockeying
- manipulating
- maneuvering
- shaping
- framing
6
as in storing
to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability I need to clear out a space in the garage to put up my motorcycle for the winter Synonyms & Similar Words
- storing
- keeping
- stowing
- housing
- hangaring
- packing
- repositing
- warehousing
- filing
- shelving
- garaging
- cellaring
- on that score
- on that/this score
- on the air
- on the aisle
- on the alert
- on the altar of success
- on the assumption
- on the attack
- on the average
- on the back burner
- on the back of
- on the ball
- on the ballot
- on the barrel
- on the barrelhead
- on the basis of
- on the beam
- on the bed
- on the bias
- on the black
- on the blink
- on the block
- on the blower
- on the boil
- on the bone