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put-ups

put-ups is the plural of put-up.

Meaning of put-up

Noun

put-up (plural put-ups)

  1. Something prearranged or faked in order to trick someone or to advance one's own interests.
    • A spokesman for U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas) – the Senator in question – told The Arkansas Times that the whole thing was a put-up and that no internship in the Senator’s office had been purchased at auction.2012 April 25, “No Girls Gone Wild in Washington?”, in fitsnews.com, retrieved 27 Jun 2015

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Questions about put-ups

What is put-ups the plural of?
Put-ups is the plural of put-up.

Words near put-ups in the dictionary

  1. put-together
  2. put-up
  3. put-up job
  4. put-up jobs
  5. put-upon
  6. put-ups
  7. put-you-up
  8. put-you-ups
  9. puta
  10. putable
  11. putables

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