put up sth
— phrasal verb with put uk/pʊt/us/pʊt/verb present participle putting, past tense and past participle put
to show or express a particular type of opposition to something:
The villagers were unable to put up any resistance to the invading troops.
We're not going to let them build a road here without putting up a fight.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Showing and demonstrating
- act
- act sth out
- attest
- barometer
- bespeak
- bring
- bring sth forward
- disclose
- flicker
- manifestation
- produce
- prove
- radiate
- revealing
- says something about sb/sth idiom
- shew
- strike
- suggest
- token
- wear
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