phrasal verb

Put up

Rank #1610Letter PInseparable

2Sections

Allow someone to stay at your house for a night or a few days.

Meanings

  • Allow someone to stay at your house for a night or a few days. (separable [obligatory], International English)
  • fight, etc (inseparable, International English)

Examples

  • She PUT me UP for the night because I'd missed the last bus and there were no night buses running.Increase prices, taxes, duties, etc.
  • The government has PUT tuition fees for undergraduate students UP again.Show skill or determination in a contest, competition,
  • They PUT UP a great fight but lost.

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