put sth up
— phrasal verb with put uk/pʊt/us/pʊt/verb present participle putting, past tense and past participle put
(RAISE)
B1 to raise something, or to fix something in a raised position:
Why don't you put up your hood/umbrella?
I put my hand up to ask the teacher a question.
I put my hair up (= fastened it into a position on the top of my head) for the wedding.
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Placing and positioning an object
- -based
- appose
- bung
- change sth around
- clap
- consign
- consign sb/sth to sth
- fit
- manoeuvre
- perch
- pop
- position
- sandwich sb/sth between sb/sth
- sandwich sth together
- set sb down
- shelve
- shove
- stand
- stuff
- whack
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Raising and lowering
(BUILD)
B2 to build something:
They're planning to put a hotel up where the museum used to be.
We're going to put up a new fence around our garden.
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Buildng: construction work & workers
- brick
- brick up sth
- bricklayer
- brickwork
- bridge
- builder
- develop
- glazier
- go up
- improver
- jerry-built
- joinery
- roof
- roof sth in/over
- roofer
- roofing
- rouseabout
- scaffolding
- slate
- thatch
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(FIX)
to fix an object to a vertical surface:
We've put up some new curtains in the living room.
Posters advertising the concert have been put up all over the town.
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Fastening and tying
- attach
- be locked together idiom
- board sth up
- bolt
- bound
- bow 1
- buckle
- buckle up
- hobble
- ligature
- mount
- nail
- reef knot
- rivet
- rope
- tie
- truss
- twist tie
- tying
- yoke
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(MONEY)
B1 mainly UK to increase the price or value of something:
I see they've put up the price of fuel again.
to provide or lend an amount of money for a particular purpose:
The money for the new hospital was put up by an anonymous donor.
His brother has agreed to put up bail for him.
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- They've put up tax on cigarettes.
- High demand has put up the price of houses in this area.
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Price increases
- accrual
- added value
- appreciation
- bounce
- dead cat bounce
- hyperinflation
- inflation
- inflationary
- jack
- jump
- markup
- rack sth up
- rebound
- rise
- rocket
- run
- run sth up
- soar
- spiral
- zoom
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Borrowing & lending
Investing money