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Moderateput up
The correct spelling is put up.
How to pronounce put up
verb
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The correct spelling is put up. To place in a high location. For example: "Please put up your luggage in the overhead bins."
Usage Examples
“Please put up your luggage in the overhead bins.”
“Many people put up messages on their refrigerators.”
“I think someone put him up to it.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To place in a high location.
- 2.To hang; to mount.
- 3.To style (the hair) up on the head instead of letting it hang down.
- 4.(with 'to') To cajole or dare to do something.
- 5.To store away.
adjective
- 1.(of an event) Secretly arranged in advance, especially in order to defraud someone or to advance one's own interests.
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