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put up on

put up on verb: to make (someone) aware of or up-to-date on (something).

Verb

put up on (third-person singular simple present puts up on, present participle putting up on, simple past and past participle put up on)

  1. (ditransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To make (someone) aware of or up-to-date on (something).
    • You gotta watch out for his loose lips, he'll put those guys up on you.
  2. (slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To make or keep (someone) current in knowledge, fashion or supply of (something).
    • His dad put him up on good music.

Forms of put up on

third-person singular presentputs up on
present participleputting up on
past participleput up on
pastput up on

Questions about put up on

What does put up on mean?
Put up on means to make (someone) aware of or up-to-date on (something).
What part of speech is put up on?
Put up on is a verb.
What is the past tense of put up on?
The past tense of put up on is put up on.

Words near put up on in the dictionary

  1. put under
  2. put up
  3. put up a brick
  4. put up a fight
  5. put up a show
  6. put up on
  7. put up one's dukes
  8. put up one's hand
  9. put up one's hands
  10. put up or shut up
  11. put up the shutters

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