put sth/sb up
— phrasal verb with put uk/pʊt/us/pʊt/verb present participle putting, past tense and past participle put
to suggest an idea, or to make a person available, to be considered:
It was Bob who originally put up the idea of the exhibition.
Each party is allowed to put up one candidate.
William has been put up as a candidate for the committee.
Is Chris willing to be put up for election?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Suggestions & proposals
- about
- float
- get at sth
- grab
- hint
- how about...? idiom
- how does... grab you? idiom
- how/what about...? idiom
- it wouldn't hurt you to do sth idiom
- might
- nudge
- offer
- on the table idiom
- point sb towards/in the direction of sth idiom
- postulate
- proposal
- propose
- put
- put ideas into sb's head idiom
- table
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