puts up

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To place in a high location.
   • Please put up your luggage in the overhead bins.
2. (transitive) To hang; to mount.
   • Many people put up messages on their refrigerators.
3. (transitive) To style (the hair) up on the head, instead of letting it hang down.

   Antonyms:

   let down

4. (idiomatic, transitive) To cajole or dare (someone) to do (something).
   • I think someone put him up to it.
5. (idiomatic, transitive) To store away.
   • Be sure to put up the tools when you finish.

   Synonyms:

   put away

6. (idiomatic, transitive) To house; to shelter; to take in.
   • We can put you up for the night.

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