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put someone up1Accommodate someone temporarily: we’re going to put him up for a few days...- She asked us where we were staying, and when she heard that we were in a hotel, she said that was a total waste of money, and put us up in her house for three weeks.
- The best part is they will put us up at someone's house and take us out every night in Rome.
- We put them up in a shared house and pay for their petrol.
Synonyms give accommodation to, provide with accommodation, accommodate, house, take in, give a roof to, give a bed to, lodge, quarter, billet 2Propose someone for election or adoption: the party had put up a candidate in each constituency...- To hush up the secret in her married mother's middle-class family, she was put up for adoption.
- My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption.
- They loved the baby, but felt too young to take care of her and decided to put her up for adoption.
Synonyms nominate, propose, put forward, recommend See parent entry: put |