English Explanatory Dictionary

put-up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Secretly arranged in advance, especially in order to defraud someone or to advance one's own interests.

noun

Something prearranged or faked in order to trick someone or to advance one's own interests.

Word forms

put-up put up put-ups

Etymology

Deverbal from put up.

Derived words

put-up job

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