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Idiom: Put Up

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How to pronounce "put up":

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Alternative form of put-up

To place in a high location.

Example: "Please put up your luggage in the overhead bins."

Example: "Three volunteers put up their hands in response to the speaker's request."

To hang; to mount.

Example: "Many people put up messages on their refrigerators."

To style (the hair) up on the head, instead of letting it hang down.

Example Sentences

1
I can't believe how much time it took to put up the tent.
2
We need to put up a fence to keep the dogs from running away.
3
Can you help me put up these shelves in the living room?
4
They finally decided to put up a memorial for the fallen soldiers.
5
I'm tired of the mess in the garage. Let's put up some hooks to hang the tools.

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