| 单词 | to put up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put up to put up 1. a. transitive. (a) To place in a receptacle for safe keeping or for future use; to store, stow away; to lay aside, put by; (in later use also) to pack or make up into a parcel, in a basket, etc. Also figurative. Cf. to put away 3c at Phrasal verbs 1, to put by 2 at Phrasal verbs 1. Now chiefly U.S. regional (southern and south Midland).to put up one's pipes: see pipe n.1 Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > storage > store [verb (transitive)] again-layOE to put upc1330 to lay up?a1366 bestow1393 to set up1421 reserve1480 powder1530 store1552 uplay1591 garnera1616 storea1616 revestry1624 reposit1630 barrel1631 magazine1643 stock1700 to salt down1849 reservoir1858 tidy1867 larder1904 the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > deposit or put away to put upc1330 to lay up?a1366 leavea1375 disposec1420 stowc1485 reposea1500 repose?c1525 commit1531 reject1541 dispatcha1566 tuck1587 to put away1607 reposit1630 repositate1716 to stow away1795 park1908 c1330 Roland & Vernagu (Auch.) (1882) 388 (MED) Þe hors was seld..For to hundred schillinges, & [he] put it vp apliȝt. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 21v Memoratiua, þe vertu of mynde, puttiþ vp in saue warde liknes of þinges & kepiþ hem. c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 98 It is better if it be euery ȝere renewed and bette newly with oile roses, and putte vp agayne vnto it nede. c1450 (c1370) G. Chaucer Complaint unto Pity 54 I have put my complaynt up ageyn, For to my foes my bille I dar not shewe. 1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. C4 They see him drawe his purse, then spying in what place he puts it vppe, the stall or the shadowe..meets the man at some straight turne & iustles him. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. i. 106 Thou hast mistaken his letter..Here sweete, put vp this. View more context for this quotation 1620 T. Gataker True Contentm. 15 They might not pocket or put vp ought to carry away with them. 1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 291 A Grocer's Basket, such as they put up their Malaga Raisins in. 1755 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 22 Sept. (1967) III. 90 In the next Box put up..3 of Pinchbec's watches, [with] shagrine cases and enamell'd Dial plates. 1773 J. Johnson Let. 4 Aug. in Joshua Johnson's Letterbk. (1979) 91 The very day before we were to have shipped, the goods packed and trimmings put up for them in a different package. 1802 M. Cutler Jrnl. 16 Nov. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 112 Very busy in putting up a box of [botanical] specimens for Mr. Paykull. 1883 M. E. Mann Parish of Hilby iv If you aren't for any more whist,..we may as well put up the cards. 1892 Field 21 May 778/1 The housekeeper..had put us up plenty of edibles and drinkables. 1912 J. Masefield Widow in Bye St. in Poems (1946) 89 ‘Put up your toys,’ he said, ‘and come along.’ 1944 ‘N. Shute’ Pastoral ix. 236 They settled that she should get some tea put up into a thermos flask. 1969 C. Carey Show-jumping Summer i. 17 Aunt Prisca cut doorsteps of bread and butter and put up slabs of shop cake and bottles of lemonade. 1979 D. Gillespie & A. Fraser To be, or not to Bop 384 I went upstairs and put up my camera and came back and went with him. 2003 ‘B. Mac’ Maybe you never cry Again 13 Everybody, put up your books... Bernie gonna tell a story. (b) spec. To preserve and pack away (food); (also) to make (a preserve). ΚΠ 1651 J. French Art Distillation v. 125 Put it up in bottles. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Marinated Fish,..Fish fryed in Oyl, and then put up in Pickle. 1776 P. Van Cortlandt Let. 2 Dec. in J. Judd Corr. Van Cortlandt Family (1977) ii. 137 If we tho't it advisable to have the Cattle killed & put up we have no Salt. 1777 Farmer's Mag. Dec. 420 Put the quinces up in pots. 1834 J. M. Peck Gaz. Illinois 42 Few families in the west and south put up their pork in salt pickle. 1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. v. 56 Fired with a housewifely wish to see her store-room stocked with home-made preserves, she undertook to put up her own currant jelly. 1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 2 July 4/5 Sidney women..have started putting up jam for the boys at the front. 1971 R. Thomas Backup Men v. 34 He's helping me put up some marmalade. 1980 M. Gordon Company of Women ii. iv. 158 ‘What do you think Muriel put up this year?’..‘Oh, yes, pears. Pickled pears.’ 2002 M. Kurlansky Salt (2003) ix. 160 Most of the catch was put up in salt. Originally, the anchovy salters used local sea salt from Laplame. b. transitive. To replace (a weapon, originally a sword) in a sheath, scabbard, holster, etc.; (more generally) to cease to deploy (a hand-held weapon). Formerly also intransitive.In quot. 1608 figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] > sheathe (sword) to put upa1425 sheathec1430 scabbard1579 sheathe1607 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > use or fight with sword [verb (intransitive)] > sheath sword to put up1602 a1425 (a1396) R. Maidstone Paraphr. Seven Penitential Psalms (BL Add. 39574) 70 in M. Day Wheatley MS (1921) 22 (MED) Be noght vengeable; put vp thy swerde. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 2571 (MED) Put vp þi swerde, & no blood ne shede! 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. d Thai..Put vp thair brandis sa braid burly and bair. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) John xviii. f. cxlvijv Put vppe thy swearde into the sheath [Gk. βάλε, L. mitte]. 1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. G3v Font... I am arm'd, let them come in... Imp... Goe, goe, put vp. 1608 J. Dod & R. Cleaver Plaine Expos. Prov. 164 To be wary how we carry our tongues, that they be safely put up from doing of hurt, and never unsheathed. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 78 Christian..was forced to put up his Sword, and betake himself to another weapon. View more context for this quotation 1716 J. Addison Drummer iii. i. 29 Put up your Sword, or I must never see you again. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals v. iii Put up, Jack, put up..—how came you in a duel? 1826 W. Scott Woodstock III. i. 4 None shall fight duellos here... Put up both of you. 1852 C. Duncan Autobiogr. iv It is not time to shoot now. Put up your gun. 1906 J. London White Fang iv. v. 247 He's got intelligence, and we've got to give that intelligence a chance. Put up the gun. 1942 Charleston (W. Virginia) Gaz. 2 Dec. 20/2 ‘You may put up your sword,’ he said, setting example by sheathing his own weapon. 1987 Herald (Melbourne) (Nexis) 28 Dec. I put up my gun and have not touched one since. 2005 Irish Times (Nexis) 1 Oct. (Weekend section) 6 Putting up their swords, the families battle with exchanged volleys of fresh pizza dough. c. transitive. Agriculture. To shut up or confine (an animal), esp. for fattening. Also: to enclose or set aside (an area of land). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > place in house, stall, etc. stall1390 to take up1482 to put up1607 cote1630 shed1850 lair1890 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [verb (transitive)] > crop with grass or hay > close meadow to grow hay to lay in1600 to lay down1608 to shut up1765 to put up1892 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 668 They put vp a Hog to fatting. 1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick xiv. v. 317 They must be put up to fat four Moneths, you need give them nothing else but Barley-Meal, and Wheat-meal three times a day. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 410 The underling hog put up with the rest, is longest a fatting. 1799 G. Washington Writings (1893) XIV. 225 Before the period arrives for putting them up as porkers. 1854 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 15 401 The stall beasts are..put up in sheds in October. 1892 J. C. Blomfield Hist. Heyford 2 ‘Ings’, or meadows put up for hay. 1933 Times 15 May 20/3 The surplus cockerels from breeding farms..should be put up for fattening. 1969 Fond du Lac (Wisconsin) Commonw. Reporter 29 Apr. 21/3 (advt.) 10 acres of land..to be put up for hay. 1975 E. Wigginton Foxfire 3 235 When I come in at night I'd put m' mules up an' ungear 'em. d. (a) transitive. Originally: to stable (one's horse). Later: to accommodate, provide lodging for (a person or animal) temporarily. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [verb (transitive)] > provide with temporary accommodation innOE harbourc1150 gestena1300 guestc1330 hostelc1330 receivec1384 sojourn1390 harbry14.. shroudc1450 bestow1577 accommodate1592 board1600 quarter1603 stow1607 to put up1635 billet1637 lodge1741 room1840 to fix (a person) up1889 summer-board1889 shack1927 1635 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge (new ed.) iv. xx. 400 Putting up his horse in an Inne, hee a little before supper time, goes to his father in law Morons house. 1699 Tryal Spencer Cowper 46 He..came to Hartford about 8 of the clock the same afternoon, and put up his Horse at the sign of an Inn there. 1720 D. Manley Power of Love 216 He ordered his Servant to put up the Horses in a strange Inn, and stay for him there 'till he returned. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. iii. 56 The hired horse that we rode was to be put up that night at an inn. 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 375 Mr. Hunt..was ‘put up’ in the ground-floor of his Lordship's house. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. xx. 170 Mr. Robarts went to the inn, put up his horse, and then..sauntered back up the street. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 129 Can you put us up for the night? 1939 P. Barry Philadelphia Story (1942) i. 20 I'm putting them up for over the wedding. 1941 T. Kitching Diary 26 Dec. in Life & Death in Changi (1998) ii. 10 They have arrived in Kuala Lumpur: do I know where they can sleep? We put them up. 1980 B. Pym Few Green Leaves (1981) xxviii. 202 It had been kind of them to put her up, but she would have preferred to stay with Miss Lee. 1995 Visit'n (Vermont Folklife Center) 31/2 Most of the people when we have finished the ride are happy to come in the barn with me when I put up the horses. 2005 D. McWilliams Pope's Children vii. 104 He will have done an off-season deal with a hotel, putting them all up in decent suites for half nothing. (b) intransitive. To stop or stay somewhere temporarily. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [verb (intransitive)] > at the house of another, an inn, etc. gesten?c1225 innc1390 host?c1450 bait1477 to be (or lie) at hosta1500 hostela1500 sojourn1573 to take up1607 guest?1615 to set upa1689 to keep up1704 to put up1706 lodge1749 room1809 hotel1889 dig1914 motel1961 1706 tr. P. M. de la Martinière New Voy. to North 14 When we came to Steckby we were obliged to put up, the Night coming on. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. iii. 21 We put up for the night at an obscure inn in a village by the way. 1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. vii. i. 135 The Captain fell in company with one who had the Cincinnati eagle at his breast, and riding on together, put up at the inn. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxv. 134 Let's either go on to London, sir, or put up at once. 1884 D. C. Murray in Graphic Xmas No. 5/3 Would it not be better..to put up here for the night? 1901 L. Woolf Let. 12 Sept. (1990) 20 We got caught in the rain & had to put up in a lonely cottage right out on the coast. 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues 89 My wife Bonnie was putting up with some relatives and I knew she was O.K. 1992 TV Quick 19 Dec. (Central Region ed.) 101/1 Dean Jones puts up for the night at Blackbeard's Inn in the small town of Godolphin. e. transitive. To settle (a person) to rest; to settle (a patient) in bed. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > types of treatment generally > apply type of treatment [verb (transitive)] > put to bed to bring to bed, abedc1320 to put up1800 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 36 I just applied simple dressing,..putting him up in blankets, with no hope of his recovery. 1860 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (rev. ed.) iv. 74 Everything you do in a patient's room, after he is ‘put up’ for the night, increases tenfold the risk of his having a bad night. 1969 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2002) IV. 395/2 Put her up—put the baby to sleep. 2. a. transitive. (a) To submit or present (a petition, application, complaint, etc.) for consideration; to send or hand up to a superior. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > petition > present (a petition) to put up1384 porrectc1425 to put it to a person1664 overturea1856 1384 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 25 (MED) John More was on of the chief cause to procur that a bille sholde be put vp be the comunes conseyl. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. iv. 34 (MED) Þanne com pes into þe parlement & putte vp a bille. 1439 Rolls of Parl. V. 9/1 A Petition putte up to the Kyng. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 676/1 I wyll put up a complaynt agaynst the. 1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Ciijv The reuerend Elders of Martinisme had neuer put vppe any Billes of endightment against her the last Parliament. 1602 in T. G. Law Archpriest Controv. (1898) II. 13 They willed vs to bring our probations for the Grauamina we had put up against the Archpriest. 1665 J. Buck in G. Peacock Observ. Statutes Univ. Cambr. (1841) App. B. p. xc There are no supplicats put up for King's College Fellows. 1708 A. Boyer Hist. Reign Queen Anne: Year the Sixth 374 The Viscount Charlemont having put up a Complaint against the Earl of Peterborough,..the same was referr'd to a Council of General Officers. 1766 Ld. Kames Remarkable Decisions Court of Session 1730–52 65 Begbie occasionally hearing that his decree was suspended, put up his protestation in common form. 1864 J. Fulton Free Govt. in Eng. & Amer. viii. 317 Let us put up a petition of right; not that I distrust the king, but that I cannot take his trust but in a parliamentary way. 1920 T. Seltzer tr. L. Andreyev Love of one's Neighbour in R. Shay & P. Loving Fifty Contemp. One-act Plays 219 Of course we must put up a complaint [to the Government]. 1946 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 18 Sept. 14/1 The Rev. R. A. L. Knight..came before the House Committee on Social Services to put up a request. 1986 D. C. Potter India's Polit. Administrators i. 49 Masterman's two ministers were in the habit of simply initialling whatever he put up to them. 2000 O. Chapuis Last Emperors Vietnam iii. 53 Phan Thanh Gian, then governor of Vinh Long, put up a formal resignation, which was rejected by the court. (b) To offer (a prayer, esp. a petition for help) to God or a god; to make (a plea) to a person. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > perform rite(s) [verb (transitive)] workOE servec1175 usea1250 solemnize1382 exercisea1400 observec1425 solennizec1440 officyc1443 officec1449 execute1450 solemn1483 celebratec1487 solemnizate1538 frequenta1555 to put upa1628 officiate1631 ceremony1635 liturgy1716 a1628 J. Preston Life Eternall (1631) xvii. 165 He knowes the way to put up a prayer to him, and he shall finde a present helpe upon all occasions. 1657 N. Billingsley Brachy-martyrologia v. 167 Dear Christian friends,..put up prayers to the Throne of grace In my behalf. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xlvi. 502 Our church..put up prayers to God in the behalf of it. 1757 D. Hume Nat. Hist. Relig. in Ess. & Treat. (1758) 500 The Lacedemonians..put up their petitions very early in the morning, in order to..pre-engage the gods in their favor. 1822 J. Galt Provost xxix. 220 During the remembering prayer, Mr. Pittle put up a few words for criminals under sentence of death. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lix. 536 The coarse tyrant..to whom she had been forced to put up petitions for time, when the rent was overdue. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxv. 260 At dinner I heard him put up thanks for what he was to receive. 1915 M. Aldrich Hilltop on Marne i. 11 May I humbly and reluctantly put up a plea for my health, and hope for a sympathetic hearing? 1947 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 15 Oct. 4/3 Standing still he put up a prayer for help. 1998 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Oct. 22 It is not enough to put up a prayer and avoid my responsibility for what is happening in the world. b. transitive. To bring (a person) before a judge, magistrate, etc.; to bring into court on a charge; to accuse formally. Also: to bring (a witness) to the stand in a court. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > lay to one's charge, impute witec893 challenge1297 weena1300 to bear upon —c1300 likenc1400 layc1425 to put upa1438 object1447 establish1483 impose1484 reproach1490 annotea1513 lade1535 appoint1553 burden1559 clap1609 to charge (a fault, etc.) on, upon, against (a person)1611 upcast1825 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > charge, accuse, or indict [verb (transitive)] wrayc725 forwrayOE beclepec1030 challenge?c1225 indict1303 appeachc1315 aditea1325 appeal1366 impeachc1380 reprovea1382 arraigna1400 calla1400 raign?a1425 to put upa1438 present?a1439 ditec1440 detectc1449 articlec1450 billc1450 peach1465 attach1480 denounce1485 aret1487 accusea1500 filea1500 delate1515 crimea1550 panel1560 articulate1563 prosecute1579 impleada1600 to have up1605 reprosecute1622 tainta1625 criminatea1646 affect1726 to pull up1799 rap1904 run1909 a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 109 (MED) Sche was putt vp befor þe Bischop of Worcetyr..& moneschid to aper be-for hym þer he lay. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 121 (MED) Som tyme..þer was a fysscher þat was a fornicatur, & on a tyme he was ferd to be putt vp at þe sene [L. in synodo accusari]. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. x. f. xiij When they put you vp, take no thought howe or what ye shall speake. 1753 Trial William Smith 12 Court. Put up Elizabeth Wall [sc. a witness] again. 1847 Times 7 June 7/4 She attended voluntarily..to answer the defendant's charge, and..was put up in the dock. 1912 J. Galsworthy Justice ii, in Plays II. 59 Judge. Call the next case. Clerk of Assize. (To a warder) Put up John Booley. 1949 F. Sargeson I saw in my Dream 75 He'd been sacked and put up for it, and he'd only got six months probation. 1964 ‘J. Prescot’ Case for Court ix. 175 Mr. Rose asked for the Sorensens to be put up at once so that the Chief Constable might make his application... The two accused were brought up into the dock. 1997 Mirror (Nexis) 14 Oct. 5 We were all put up before magistrate in prison today, and told to plead guilty to assault if we wanted to go home. c. (a) transitive. To propose for election or membership, or (in later use) for an honour or award; to nominate. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > choose for office [verb (transitive)] > propose as candidate purposea1382 nominate1560 propound1573 to put up1573 propose1675 run1765 to hold up1813 society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [verb (transitive)] > nominate for acceptance as member propound1573 propose1770 to put up1840 society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [verb (transitive)] > propose for membership of club to put up1840 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > give honour to [verb (transitive)] > name or designate honourably > nominate for honour or award to put up1966 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 2 Sinc mi grace amongst the rest was put up in the hous. 1682 Modest Enq. Election Sheriffs London 31 [They] both put up and Voted for Sir Humphrey Nicolson, and Mr. Box. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cxvi The Beasts Met in Councel to Chuse a King. There were Several Put up. 1718 P. Rae Hist. Late Rebellion 7 The Mob..insulted the honest Gentlemen that were put up for Members. 1769 New & Compl. Hist. & Surv. London xxxviii. 273 On the election of sheriffs, those aldermen who have not served that office, are put up in the order of their seniority. 1840 E. Bulwer-Lytton Money (ed. 4) i. 30 Shall I put you up at the clubs? a1854 R. M. Bird News of Night i. i, in America's Lost Plays (1941) XII. 145 Put him up for sheriff—I'll vote for him, I swear I will. 1924 M. Baring C xix. 222 You have been put up as a candidate for the Quadranglers. 1966 N. Marsh Death at Dolphin (1967) vi. 154 We'll put you up for the Police Medal. 1994 Bk. & Mag. Collector June 46/1 Michael had been ‘put up’ for the Savile Club. 2007 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 17 Jan. 8 They have to nominate articles and photographs they think should be put up for an award. (b) transitive. To call upon, bring forward, or make available to speak.For a similar use with reference to the calling of a defendant or witness into court see sense 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > deliver (a speech) [verb (transitive)] > bring forward (a person) to speak to put up1694 1694 J. Strype Memorials T. Cranmer i. xxii. 88 He was put up to preach at Paul's Cross the first Lent after King Edward came to the Crown. 1716 D. Ryder Diary 30 Jan. (1939) (modernized text) 173 Mr. Newcome..has put up a man of Whiggish sentiments to preach. 1846 Times 14 July 4/5 The Chancellor of the Exchequer..was put up to speak by Lord J. Russell. 1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 148 597/1 He was the only speaker the Conservatives could put up..to answer or criticise Mr. Gladstone. 1907 J. Conrad Secret Agent ii. 30 I was always put up to speak by the leaders at a critical moment. 1957 P. Carrington Early Christian Church I. vii. 139 There was a rowdy and disorderly gathering of the citizens in the enormous theatre, at which a Jew named Alexander was put up to speak. 2001 A. Theaker Public Relations Handbk. xv. 187 The company did not put up a spokesperson until Watchdog had featured the problem several times. (c) intransitive. To stand as a candidate for election. Also: to apply for a position or job; to offer one's services.In quot. 1892: to offer oneself as the person who will do what is required, to set oneself up. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > choose for office [verb (intransitive)] > offer oneself as candidate stand1542 to put up1705 offer1766 run1806 candidate1848 campaign1884 announce1892 1705 T. Hearne Jrnl. 20 Dec. in Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 134 He..modestly declin'd it. The like did also Dr. Hudson, who was desir'd by divers to put up. 1756 W. Duncan tr. Cicero Sel. Orations xvi. 643 Did you not desert him, when he put up for being a septemvir? 1794 J. Trapp tr. D. H. Stoever Life C. Linnæus vii. 152 Linnæus put up for this vacancy,—and..obtained the professorship of physic and anatomy in 1741. 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss III. vii. ii. 251 Young Guest will put up for the borough at the next election. 1892 Quiver Sept. 872/2 I am not master enough of the occult sciences to put up for defending Dan's character as a charmer. 1912 M. Swayne Sporting Instinct xxxi. 297 It occurred to me I might put up for the job. There's a small salary..and the work is the sort of stuff I understand. 1953 N. Gash Polit. in Age of Peel ix. 210 At the ensuing general election the Earl of Mulgrave put up as candidate. 1969 ‘R. Gordon’ Facts of Life 140 I spend all my time putting up for jobs. 2006 Guardian (Nexis) 1 June 35 In 1974 Tony agreed to put up for parliament himself—as a Liberal. d. transitive. Originally: to invite bids for (a lot) at an auction; to auction. Later also: to make the subject of a competition; to invite competing offers or tenders for (a business proposition, etc.); to offer for sale. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > sell by public sale [verb (transitive)] > sell by auction > offer for sale by auction to set upc1535 to put up1678 to bring (also send, put up) to the hammer1828 the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > offer [verb (transitive)] > offer for competition to put up1892 1678 J. Vernon Compl. Compting-house 195 If it shall so happen that they cannot decide the Difference,..then the same Lot is put up again, and (if possible) better order is observed in the bidding. 1706 London Gaz. No. 4287/3 The Buyer to pay down 2 Guineas each Lot, or to be put up again. 1717 J. Hughes tr. Suetonius Lives XII. Cæsars II. 314 His whole Effects were by a Decree of the Prefects put up to Sale. 1769 T. Smollett Adventures of Atom I. 177 That blessed farm, which, were it put up to sale, would not fetch one sixth part of the sum. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella III. ii. xxv. 412 The most considerable offices in church and state were put up to sale. 1856 Leisure Hour 5 279/2 The lot was put up again, to be knocked down for six and threepence. 1892 Chambers's Jrnl. 3 Dec. 773/2 Oughtn't the post..to have been put up for public competition? 1931 S. Kaye-Smith Susan Spray i. 47 The farm..would be put up for auction. 1967 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 28 July 9/5 Plans and specifications for the access roads will be put up for tender. 1991 A. A. Aidoo Changes iv. 27 Once he knew he was about to die, he had put the house up for sale to spite his family. e. transitive. To send or hand in (a communication, esp. banns of marriage) to be read out in church during a service; (hence) to read out, publish (banns). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > perform rite(s) [verb (transitive)] > forward communication for service to put up1685 1685 S. Sewall Diary 26 Mar. (1973) I. 59 I put up a Note to pray for the Indians. 1779 Coxheath-Camp I. xiv. 97 They had been about to put up the banns twice; but his mother each time fell sick. 1830 Examiner 396/2 I then went and put up the banns. 1892 Cornhill Mag. July 46 Their banns had been put up in the East End parish. 1911 Racine (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 17 May 8/3 Mr. Trent..was round here this morning to tell Father Conroy to put up the banns for himself and Olive Fletcher. 1957 E. Hanson Verlaine vii. 122 The evening before he had to put up the banns, three weeks before the wedding date, he arrived at the rue Nicolet in great good humor. 1999 Daily Mail (Nexis) 30 July 10 Come with me—we're going to put up the banns. f. transitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. To present or submit (a question, statement, etc.) to a person for consideration or response. Esp. in to put it up to a person: = to put it to a person at sense 23a(b). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > ask, enquire [verb (transitive)] > ask a question askOE puta1350 inquirea1400 speera1500 demand1502 pose1862 to put up1901 lob1952 the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] > for consideration puta1350 purposea1382 propone1402 motion1505 exhibit1529 propound?1531 prefer1539 raise1566 to put forward1569 broach1579 start1579 offer1583 propose1614 first1628 to put it to a person1664 moot1685 suppose1771 pose1862 to put up1901 1901 N.Y. Tribune 26 Oct. 2/2 If this be not true, the candidate does not deny it. Much as we have put it up to him, we cannot wring an answer from Shepard. 1903 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 23 May 4/4 Secretary Johnston,..in common parlance, has put up the question to the Railroad Commission in the matter of abolishing the Galveston-Houston differential. 1906 Harper's Mag. June 68/1 When he finally put it up to me what I would do,—‘It would depend,’ I answered, ‘on what it was the woman has done.’ 1950 F. B. Gilbreth & E. G. Carey Belles on their Toes xxi. 228 When Ernestine put the proposition up to Mother the next day, she might as well have saved her breath. 1957 H. V. Harper Days & Customs All Faiths iii. 82 He had been told in a vision that God had put it up to him to make the selection for her. 1991 E. P. Herring in M. A. Baer et al. Polit. Sci. in Amer. 37 We got him down to my office and put it up to him, you know, for the good of the cause. g. transitive. To offer or give up (a child, pet, etc.) for adoption. ΚΠ 1919 Fresno (Calif.) Republican 2 Dec. 15/4 The five-months-old baby who has been put up for adoption. 1956 Social Probl. 3 144 A legitimate but unwanted child being put up for adoption. 1970 N.Y. Times 14 May 52/1 (caption) An engaging pure-bred Boston terrier, one of [the] puppies put up for adoption by the North Shore Animal League. 1996 F. McCourt Angela's Ashes (1997) i. 10 You shoulda stayed single, put the child up for adoption, and you'd be a free woman today. 3. a. transitive. (a) To place in a high or higher position; to raise, lift.to put a person's back up, to put up the shutters: see the nouns. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > raise heave971 hevenOE onheaveOE rearOE highOE arearc1175 to set above (also aloft, high, on high)c1275 upbraidc1275 to set upc1290 lifta1300 upheavea1300 upraisea1300 upreara1300 enhancec1300 araise1303 hance1303 uplifta1340 lift1362 raisec1384 upbear1390 uphancec1390 advancea1393 haut?a1400 to put upa1400 verec1400 hainc1440 inhigh1483 elevate1497 uphigh1513 alifta1522 height1530 heighten1530 exalt1535 extol1549 sublevate1559 rouse?1567 attol1578 elate1578 vaunce1582 dight1590 higher1592 tower1596 to fetch up1612 relevate1620 screwa1625 transcend1635 stilt1649 allevate1696 stiltify1860 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 5833 (MED) Þe water o þe flum þou ta And put it vp apon þe land. a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) 243 (MED) As hit a-proched to þe prince, he put [v.r. heeld] vp his hed For comfort of þe cloþ. a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 49 (MED) Þat kyng..pytte hys hond vp, schewyng hym þe sterre. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 164 The purpour sone..Throw goldin skyis putting vp his heid. 1655 W. Sales Theophania i. 24 He beseeched him..(putting up his own beaver) fo [read so] far to honour him, that he might know his face. 1687 A. Behn Emperor of Moon iii. i. 43 (stage-direct.) Har. unseen, puts up the Back of his Calash, and whips off his Frock, and goes to drive on. 1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless IV. xxi. 263 He saw her lovely hand frequently put up to wipe away the tears that fell from her eyes. 1821 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 20 Oct. 1/5 A coach window glass that cannot be put up when it is down, nor down when it is up. 1897 F. Montgomery Tony (1898) 17 You will put up the windows in the tunnels, won't you? 1901 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 692/1 Here one sits and waits till a seal puts up his head. 1931 V. Sackville-West All Passion Spent i. 78 ‘Very nice, dear Mabel,’ said Lavinia, putting up her lorgnon. 1988 Which? May 247/1 We..hesitated to ask a question. Eventually I put up my hand. 2006 F. Kiernan & G. Hemphill Still Game I. iii. 88 (stage direct.) Boabby is putting up whisky bottles into the optics. (b) To arrange or dress (the hair) in such a way that it does not hang loose over the neck; to pin up. Formerly sometimes used allusively, with reference to this being a sign of a girl's coming to adulthood. ΚΠ 1641 Diurnall Occurr. 3 Nov. 1640–3 Nov. 1641 101 Then taking his leave of all the Lords, [he] put off his Doublet himself,..and put up all his hair under his Cap, and so laid himself on the block. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 75 Married Women put up their hair within their Caps or Coifs. ?1715 E. W. tr. A. de Castillo Solórzano Life Donna Rosina (new ed.) ii. 86 [She] went along with him just as she was, without putting up her hair, which hanging over her shoulders added much to her beauty. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall iv. 34 Her hair..is frizzled out and put up with pins. 1897 E. W. Wilcox Three Women 52 He has worshiped her since first she put up her tresses, And let down the hem of her school-girlish dresses. 1914 Let. in New Fun 5 Dec. 16/2 My cousin Rita, as soon as she attained seventeen, was allowed to put her hair up and go into long frocks and become quite grown up. 1967 S. Marshall Fenland Chron. ii. vii. 224 Then she'd do her hair afresh, perhaps putting it up in a chignon bag, and put a clean white apron on. 2003 Daily Tel. 20 June 20/3 Turning my D & G jean jacket inside out..and putting my hair up, I slip in..to join the elegants who are playing blackjack and roulette. (c) To set (a person) on horseback. Hence in Horse Racing: to employ (a person) as a jockey, esp. for a particular race. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > mount (a horse or other animal) > set on horseback mount?1507 to put up1848 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > ride horse in race [verb (transitive)] > employ as jockey to put up1848 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > ride horse in race [verb (transitive)] > mount jockey to put up1848 1848 A. Trollope Kellys & O'Kellys II. ii. 46 Brien was saddled..and Pat was put up. 1888 Times 26 June 4/5 Would they put up a jockey they believed to be dishonest? 1907 Washington Post 31 Mar. (Sporting section) 2/2 The young turf partners will put up Jimmy Hennessey on all of their starters. 1953 E. Coxhead Midlanders i. 32 Don't suppose you've yet been on horseback, miss? We'll put you up and see how you like it. 2004 Racing Post (Nexis) 25 July 19 I can understand that people might find it hard to put up a jockey who has been out a long while on a fancied horse. (d) colloquial. In the imperative phrase put 'em up (also, less commonly, put them up): (a) ‘put your hands above your head!’, ‘hands up!’; (b) ‘raise your fists!’, ‘get ready to fight!’ ΚΠ 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It lxxix. 565 Put up your hands! Don't you go for a weapon! Put 'em up! 1881 A. Trollope Dr. Wortle's School II. ix. 182 It's a decent widow woman as keeps this house, and I won't see her set upon. Put 'em up. 1905 E. Turner & R. Hodder Purloined Prince xxiii. 348 He seemed to change his mind, and, lowering his arms, placed his hands in his pockets... ‘Put them up again,’ said the Prince quietly, as he stepped out from behind the Count and raised his revolver. 1923 E. Wallace Captains of Souls xliv. 240 I'm going to give you the damnedest lacing you ever had..put 'em up! 1940 P. Kerry Cobbers A.I.F. 17 Put 'em up, yeh lousy lair! 1997 Mirror (Nexis) 23 Oct. 24 We'd shout: ‘Put 'em up!’ and all these old bags would jump with shock. b. (a) transitive. Hunting. To cause (game) to rise or emerge from cover. Also more generally: to rouse, start (an animal). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > beat beata1400 to put upa1475 tuft1590 tusk1592 fowl1611 flaxa1848 brush1876 the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > drive from lair or cover starta1393 raisec1425 to put upa1475 rear1486 uprear1486 to start out1519 rouse1531 uncouch?a1562 to den outa1604 dislodge1632 tufta1640 draw1781 jump1836 a1475 Diseases Hawk (Harl. 2340) f. 26v When þu puttist vp A pertrych, þofe þi hawke A bate, holde fast, & marke it & lat þi spanell retryue it. ?a1500 Hunting of Hare in H. Weber Metrical Romances (1810) III. 285 The yomon rode and cryed: ‘So hoo!’ And putte the hare vp with his boo. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 113 Let him which hath the Hearoner (that is the male Hawke) put vp the Hearon. 1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 308 A spaniell..puts vp many a foule. 1659 N. Hardy Pious Votary 40 The Hare, that is put up by the Hunter and pursued by the hounds,..makes back to her fourme. 1738 T. Shaw Trav. Barbary & Levant 299 The Footmen advance first, rushing into the Thickets, with their Dogs and Spears, to put up the Game. 1789 Eaton Chron. (Cheshire) 128 A noble fox was put up. 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 345 Camp is in good health, and put up a hare. 1890 Longman's Mag. June 222 We put up a couple of tigers. 1932 A. Bell Cherry Tree vii. 82 The occasional single partridge that one put up on one's walk seemed a sad thing somehow. 1988 Country Walking May 28/1 Many a walker will have put up a fox as he or she crashes through the undergrowth. 2006 Dogs Monthly July 17/1 Whenever a wolf was either put up by the extended line of mounted beaters or flushed out of-the woods by scent hounds. ΚΠ 1781 G. Washington Let. 4 May in Writings (1937) XXII. 30 There is a quantity of Fish putting up on this River, of which the Troops at the Northward, may also have a proportion. 1874 F. Francis By Lake & River viii. 76 When walking home in the evening (there being a good rise on) I saw some rather fine fish putting up in the deep still dubs in that part. 1890 Field 31 May 799/1 The trout that put up here and there were after a tiny speck of midge-like character. ΚΠ 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. liv. 363 When as the sappe putteth vp and commeth to the barke. d. transitive. To cause to spring up or grow; to put forth (a tooth). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > grow, sprout, or bear fruit [verb (transitive)] > cause to sprout or grow multiplya1550 germinate1610 shoot?1610 to put up1626 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §549 It is reported, that hartshorn shaven, or in small pieces, mixed with dung and watered, putteth up mushrooms. 1829 Virginia Lit. Museum 16 Sept. 221 Whenever a field is not in cultivation, it puts up every where a rich luxuriant crop of a sort of wild vetch. 1854 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 15 ii. 321 These teeth are put up when the calf is six months old. 1952 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 2 Oct. 25/5 If you have some clusters of bulbs which put up leaves but few blooms, perhaps they are unduly crowded. 1970 Ecol. Monogr. 40 9/2 The deciduous shrubs leafed out..and forbs, such as Bahia absinthifolia, put up shoots and bloomed. 2006 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 25 Mar. s5 It's a sign when the amaryllis puts up its first leaf: That festive time of year is just around the corner. e. transitive. (a) To place (a notice, sign, etc.) in a position where it may be seen; to post up. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publishing or spreading by leaflets or notices > [verb (transitive)] > publish by placard, notice, or bill > put up a placard, notice, or bill stickc1425 to set upc1540 to stick up1562 post1647 to put up1693 poster1938 1693 W. Wotton tr. L. E. Du Pin New Hist. Eccl. Writers VI. 92 He published the Sixth Council anew, put up the Picture of it, and caused the Acts to be written out again by the Deacon Agatho. 1696 T. Dogget Country Wake iv. ii. 47 Every thing within Doors is ready; and there is nothing wanting without but the Sign to be put up. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. i. 3 He had hardly put up his Sign, when he began to debauch my best Customers from me. 1771 Votes & Proc. Lower House of Assembly of Maryland 79 Using his best Endeavours to procure Buyers, by Notices put up. 1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 46 §113 Such rules..shall..be put up, either in print or in writing, on such place..as the..council shall think proper. 1890 Globe 7 June 1/4 He put up notices requesting visitors to leave the plants alone. 1934 Times 19 Feb. 13/5 Flaring neon signs have been put up to announce that the houses on which they are placed are hotels. 1992 Out Summer 29/2 Sonnabend sided with those who fought to put up safer-sex informational posters in the gay bathhouses. (b) Sport (originally Cricket). To achieve as a score. Cf. post v.1 3e.In North American use now frequently in to put up (big, good, etc.) numbers: to score highly or freely; (hence, also in extended use) to play or perform well. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > win, lose, or score [verb (transitive)] > score get1634 make1680 score1742 notch1836 steal1836 to put up1860 rattle1860 to put on1865 tally1875 net1907 to rack up1921 slam1959 1860 Baily's Monthly Mag. 1 428 Grundy put up 11 and 16. 1894 Lowell (Mass.) Daily Sun 22 Feb. 1/1 The five Vesper rollers put up a score of over 2900 for three frames on their own alleys. 1932 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 23 Feb. 15/8 Batting first, the Free Foresters put up 244 for 8. 1975 News (Port Arthur, Texas) 27 Apr. 5 c Good numbers put up by the women included Pat Malcomb at 594. 1977 R.A.F. News 30 Mar. 18/1 The only WRAF rider, SACW Jennie Hye of West Drayton, put up a plucky 44·42. 1997 Barron's 18 Aug. 31/3 I have a passion for running money and am committed to putting up big numbers. 2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 116 I didn't care what atrocities we were inflicting on a credulous public... I was putting up serious numbers, and holding my own with the best of the lifers. 2006 Express & Echo (Exeter) (Nexis) 23 Aug. 52 Simon Wragg put up 70 for Exeter's first wicket. (c) British. Military. To display (an indication of rank, medal ribbon, etc.) on one's uniform. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > carry or wear (insignia) [verb (transitive)] bearOE to put up1944 1944 Punch 12 July 42/3 I've just heard he [sc. a subaltern] has put up his third pip. 1959 M. Gilbert Blood & Judgement xiv. 147 He could easily have put up a medal ribbon he wasn't entitled to. 1990 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army iv. 39 They can then ‘put up their stripe’. f. transitive. Cricket. To hit (a ball) or make (a shot) high into the air (thus rendering it easy to catch). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > hit > hit with specific stroke take1578 stop1744 nip1752 block1772 drive1773 cut1816 draw1816 tip1816 poke1836 spoon1836 mow1844 to put up1845 smother1845 sky1849 crump1850 to pick up1851 pull1851 skyrocket1851 swipe1851 to put down1860 to get away1868 smite1868 snick1871 lift1874 crack1882 smack1882 off-drive1888 snip1890 leg1892 push1893 hook1896 flick1897 on-drive1897 chop1898 glance1898 straight drive1898 cart1903 edge1904 tonk1910 sweep1920 mishook1934 middle1954 square-drive1954 tickle1963 square-cut1976 slash1977 splice1982 paddle1986 1845 W. Denison Cricketer's Compan. 1844 p. ix Had the chances from the ball being put up been taken advantage of. 1890 Field 31 May 790/2 Holden next put a ball up to long-on. 1926 Times 22 July 7/3 The former put up a ball for Brown, running from forward to short leg, to make a simple catch. 1955 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 16 June 12/1 Holt..put up a catch to Favell at leg slip, but the fieldsman dropped it. 2002 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 3 Aug. 2 Mistakes soon followed as Powell and Matthew Maynard put up catches to deep mid-off. 4. transitive. To erect, set up (a building or other structure); to construct, build. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct workOE dighta1175 to set upc1275 graitha1300 formc1300 pitchc1330 compoundc1374 to put togethera1387 performc1395 bigc1400 elementc1400 complexion1413 erect1417 framea1450 edifya1464 compose1481 construe1490 to lay together1530 perstruct1547 to piece together1572 condite1578 conflate1583 compile1590 to put together1591 to set together1603 draw1604 build1605 fabric1623 complicate1624 composit1640 constitute1646 compaginate1648 upa1658 complex1659 construct1663 structurate1664 structure1664 confect1677 to put up1699 rig1754 effect1791 structuralize1913 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > build or construct [verb (transitive)] timbera900 workOE betimberOE craftOE buildc1275 lifta1300 stagec1330 upraise1338 wright1338 edifya1340 to make outa1382 to make upa1382 biga1400 housea1400 risea1400 telda1400–50 to work upa1450 redress1481 levy1495 upmake1507 upbuild1513 exstruct?c1550 construct1663 to run up1686 practise1739 to lay up1788 elevate1798 to put up1818 to lay down1851 practicate1851 1543 in J. D. Marwick & R. Renwick Charters rel. Glasgow (1906) II. 198 The said Andro to put wp ane sufficient spowit of leid. 1596 in Coll. for Hist. Aberdeen & Banff (1843) 386 That..his maister..in hamelenes had causit put up the cott for saftie of his sheip in euil wedder. 1657 in Extracts Rec. Royal Burgh of Lanark (1893) 159 To put up thrie putes to the south wall for ane flesh merkat. 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 25 There are an infinite number of Busto's of the Grand Monarque every where put up by the Common People. 1717 Boston News-let. 11 Mar. 2/2 (advt.) Good Sash Glass, with Lead Lines, Rolls and Pins fitting for the same, the glass being framed ready to put up. 1763 Newcastle Courant 1 Oct. in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) I. 20 The lamps put up in the streets..were lighted up for the first time. 1818 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 573 The making a Bridge and putting up the Gates at the end of that walk. 1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. xi. 287 Here are lighthouses we have put up to prevent shipwrecks. 1901 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 326 Soon fires were twinking all around, tents were put up, and after a hearty meal refuge from the cold was sought beneath the blankets. 1968 N. Mosley Impossible Object 188 The hotel was new and had been put up to attract tourists. 1989 Which? Jan. 24/3 It's a popular choice as a way of putting up shelves at home. 2003 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 Mar. g14/6 Mr. Foster, who is selling the property himself, expects a buyer to flatten the existing buildings and put up a stylish mansion. 5. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > endure patiently [verb (transitive)] > bear with or tolerate forbearc897 tholec950 bearOE abidec1300 bidea1325 takec1330 suffer1340 wielda1375 to have patience with (also in, toward)c1384 supportc1384 to sit with ——c1400 sustainc1400 thulgec1400 acceptc1405 to away with1528 brook1530 well away1533 to bear with —1538 digest1553 to comport with1565 stand1567 purse?1571 to put up1573 well away1579 comport1588 fadge1592 abrook1594 to come away1594 to take up with1609 swallow1611 embracea1616 to pack up1624 concocta1627 to set down bya1630 to take with ——1632 tolerate1646 brook1658 stomach1677 pouch1819 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 48 All this I put up quietly. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 91 Abuses..which, with honour, he can neuer put vp at their hands. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 184 I will indeed no longer indure it, Nor..put vp in peace, what already I haue foolishly sufferd. View more context for this quotation 1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) iv. sig. B8 He can put vp any iniury sooner then this. 1702 Reasons for War with France & Spain 11 We ought not..to put up such an Injury to a Prince that has endear'd himself to us by his Justice, Valour and Clemency. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. v. 193 He must be a scandalous fellow indeed, who would put up a Drubbing whilst the Law is open to revenge it. View more context for this quotation 1832 Philol. Museum 1 477 The ridicule which the minister..might put up from his jocose friend. b. intransitive. to put up with: to submit to, suffer uncomplainingly; (more generally) to endure, bear; to accept, tolerate. ΚΠ 1641 G. Abbot Vindiciæ Sabbathi 90 As if sanctification which alwayes signifieth to set apart to an holy use should be properly interpreted by resting from worke: as if God would put up with negative service only. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxi. 52 That is nothing at all, but a Rebuke to the Pride of his high Condition, which he did not expect, and knows not how to put up with. 1755 Connoisseur (1756) No. 100. 605 All these indignities I very patiently put up with. 1783 Miss Elliott Portrait I. 16 Did I not know you to be a good, aye, and an affectionate hearted girl too, I should not so easily put up with it. 1839 T. De Quincey Dinner in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 829/2 Whether Pope ever put up with four o'clock dinners again, we have vainly sought to fathom. 1887 A. Jessopp Arcady viii. 235 [An] organ grinder..hunted out of London streets, where they will not put up with him. 1948 T. Heggen Mister Roberts viii. 109 I don't have to put up with talk like that and I don't intend to! 1976 S. Wales Echo 27 Nov. 6/3 People will have to go on putting up with a badly pot-holed road. 2006 Today's Golfer May 194/4 My three mates and I played anywhere that would put up with a bunch of enthusiastic hackers. ΚΠ 1677 T. D'Urfey Fond Husband ii. iii. 18 Oh!—here she is;—and ifack I'll put up to her now I have found her. How dost thou do, Girl?—Hah! how dost thou do? Give me thy hand. a1745 J. Swift Discovery in Wks. (1755) IV. i. 298 With this he put up to my lord, The courtiers kept their distance due. 7. transitive. To raise, give voice to (a cry, etc.); to utter loudly. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (transitive)] > raise (a shout) arearc1380 rearc1400 raisea1425 to put up1730 1730 Gen. Hist. Turks, Moguls, & Tatars I. ix. iii. 247 Every time that Din Mahamet Sultan put up a Cry, the Lord who conducted him cry'd on his part Risha! 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 276 I put up the shrill whoop of friendship. 1829 W. Irving Chron. Conquest Granada II. 314 They put up loud shouts of triumph. 1892 Quiver Mar. 359/1 They put up a great shout of admiration. 1942 L. D. Rich We took to Woods ii. 40 When the end of the string comes abreast of the surveyor, he puts up a shout and the rodman stops and makes his blaze. 1960 Times 30 Sept. 10/2 After the first explosion, the huge crowd immediately put up a shout of ‘paredon, paredon’ (firing squad). 2003 C. Mitchell George Washington's New Jersey xvii. 97 When the American artillery was running short of paper wadding to hold the powder and balls in their cannons, they put up a loud cry. 8. transitive. Cards. To lay down (a card), esp. in a trick-taking game in which players are partnered; to play (a card). ΚΠ 1742 E. Hoyle Short Treat. Game Whist 30 If your Adversary..puts up a Trump which your Partner cannot win,..he will return your Partner's Lead. 1760 A. Murphy Way to keep Him ii. 46 C leads his Suit, D puts up the King then returns the Suit. 1840 Madison (Wisconsin Territory) Express 5 Sept. [He] had spent many a silent hour studying..faro, brag, poker, seven-up, and..‘stocking’ and ‘putting up’ cards. 1900 Chicago Sunday Tribune 23 Dec. 20/7 South put up the ace of spades at trick No. 1. 2004 Bridge Mag. Mar. 28/1 Consider..playing East for the doubleton king rather than putting up the queen. 9. transitive. colloquial. a. With to. To make (a person) conversant with or aware of something, esp. something kept secret or not generally known; to inform of, instruct in. Cf. to put on to —— 1 at Phrasal verbs 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > inform (a person) to teach a person a thingc888 meanOE wiseOE sayOE wittera1225 tellc1225 do to witc1275 let witc1275 let seec1330 inform1384 form1399 lerea1400 to wit (a person) to saya1400 learn1425 advertise1431 givec1449 insense?c1450 instruct1489 ascertain1490 let1490 alighta1500 advert1511 signify1523 reform1535 advise1562 partake1565 resolve1568 to do to ware1594 to let into one's knowledge1596 intellect1599 possess1600 acquainta1616 alighten1615 recommenda1616 intelligence1637 apprise1694 appraise1706 introduce1741 avail1785 prime1791 document1807 to put up1811 to put a person au fait of1828 post1847 to keep (someone) straight1862 monish1866 to put next to1896 to put (one) wise (to)1896 voice1898 in the picture1900 to give (someone) a line on1903 to wise up1905 drum1908 hip1932 to fill (someone) in on1945 clue1948 background1961 to mark a person's card1961 to loop in1994 1811 T. E. Hook Trial by Jury ii. ii. 27 How shall I put him up to the trick? 1824 Hist. Gaming Houses 18 in Compl. Hist. Murder Mr. Weare Those who had been ‘put up’ to the secrets, or made acquainted with the manner of doing the flats. 1828 Examiner 589/1 I want you to put the people at the inn up to my not coming. 1891 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 357 He put me up to one or two things worth knowing. a1902 S. Butler Way of All Flesh (1903) lix. 268 How was it that all the clever people of Cambridge had never put him up to this simple rejoinder? 1946 G. B. Shaw Let. 22 Oct. in L. W. Conolly Sel. Corr. (2002) IV. 154 I put him up to the tricks of Romeo's top scene at Mercutio's death, and he was convinced, or pretended to be. b. To incite, encourage, or persuade (a person) to an action, or to do something, esp. something illegal, mischievous, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate stirc897 putOE sputc1175 prokec1225 prickc1230 commovec1374 baitc1378 stingc1386 movea1398 eager?a1400 pokec1400 provokea1425 tollc1440 cheera1450 irritec1450 encourage1483 incite1483 harden1487 attice1490 pricklea1522 to set on1523 incense1531 irritate1531 animate1532 tickle1532 stomach1541 instigate1542 concitea1555 upsteer1558 urge1565 instimulate1570 whip1573 goad1579 raise1581 to set upa1586 to call ona1592 incitate1597 indarec1599 alarm1602 exstimulate1603 to put on1604 feeze1610 impulse1611 fomentate1613 emovec1614 animalize1617 stimulate1619 spura1644 trinkle1685 cite1718 to put up1812 prod1832 to jack up1914 goose1934 1812 J. Galt Maddalen iii. vii, in Tragedies 50 Dear aunt, What prompting spirit put you up to this? 1829 W. B. Fowle New Speaker 310 She never would have touched what was not her own, if her vagabond lover had not put her up to it. 1892 Good Words Sept. 584/1 He put me up to try to get into Harris's secrets. 1935 ‘A. Bridge’ Illyrian Spring ix. 111 He put Aunt Gina up to write tactfully to that God-awful Roseneath woman..to find out about her movements. 1980 W. Golding Rites of Passage (1982) 78 Always one for a joke, Mr. Deverel... He put him up to it. 2000 N. Barr Deep South (2001) xviii. 332 Do you think he was the one put the boys up to alligatoring your garage? c. To annoy (a person); to ‘wind up’, stir up. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed by [verb (transitive)] > annoy or vex gremec893 dretchc900 awhenec1000 teenOE fretc1290 annoyc1300 atrayc1320 encumberc1330 diseasec1340 grindc1350 distemperc1386 offenda1387 arra1400 avexa1400 derea1400 miscomforta1400 angerc1400 engrievec1400 vex1418 molesta1425 entrouble?1435 destroublea1450 poina1450 rubc1450 to wring (a person) on the mailsc1450 disprofit1483 agrea1492 trouble1515 grig1553 mis-set?1553 nip?1553 grate1555 gripe1559 spitec1563 fike?1572 gall1573 corsie1574 corrosive1581 touch1581 disaccommodate1586 macerate1588 perplex1590 thorn1592 exulcerate1593 plague1595 incommode1598 affret1600 brier1601 to gall or tread on (one's) kibes1603 discommodate1606 incommodate1611 to grate on or upon1631 disincommodate1635 shog1636 ulcerate1647 incommodiate1650 to put (a person) out of his (her, etc.) way1653 discommodiate1654 discommode1657 ruffle1659 regrate1661 disoblige1668 torment1718 pesta1729 chagrin1734 pingle1740 bothera1745 potter1747 wherrit1762 to tweak the nose of1784 to play up1803 tout1808 rasp1810 outrage1818 worrit1818 werrit1825 buggerlug1850 taigle1865 get1867 to give a person the pip1881 to get across ——1888 nark1888 eat1893 to twist the tail1895 dudgeon1906 to tweak the tail of1909 sore1929 to put up1930 wouldn't it rip you!1941 sheg1943 to dick around1944 cheese1946 to pee off1946 to honk off1970 to fuck off1973 to tweak (a person's or thing's) tail1977 to tweak (a person's or thing's) nose1983 to wind up1984 to dick about1996 to-teen- 1930 H. G. Wells Autocracy Mr. Parham iv. i. 266 This cheap Mussolini at Westminster is putting us up some! 1960 T. McLean Kings of Rugby xi. 160 Hill's protest was more likely to restore the true spirit of the game than..some other method of retaliation by the Canterbury men who believed that they were being put up. 10. transitive. Originally Criminals' slang. To collaborate or conspire with others to perpetrate (a robbery, deception, etc.); to plan in advance, prearrange, preconcert. Esp. in to put up a job. Cf. earlier put-up adj. 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)] > plan a theft to put up1829 1829 Times 23 Sept. 3/4 Although nothing transpired to warrant her further detention, she is still suspected of having ‘put up’ the robbery. 1865 N.-Y. Times 5 Feb. 8/5 He resigns, asseverating, meantime, that his comrades have ‘put up a job’ to compass his expulsion from the department. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. xiv. 251 He was convinced that the manager, in a spirit of mean revenge, had put up a job on him. 1942 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Amer. 4 Oct. 32/5 Were they putting up a job on Hitler, subjecting him to a blitz of nerves? 1965 P. Baker Wild Bunch at Robber's Roost viii. 102 Tom would go out of his way any day to ‘put up a job’ on someone. Sometimes the hoax was rather elaborate. 11. transitive. a. To stage or produce (a play or other entertainment); = to put on 12 at Phrasal verbs 1. to put up an (also †one's) appearance: to put in an appearance (see appearance n. 2). to put up a show: see show n.1 4a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > stage [verb (transitive)] enact1430 to set out1540 to bring (a person) on or to the stage1602 to bring on1768 to get up1782 to put up1832 stage1879 to put on1885 1832 H. Martineau Demerara in Tales Polit. Econ. II. iv. i. 10 A few of the sluggards who had not put up their appearance at the proper hour. 1838 C. Dickens Let. ?Nov. (1965) I. 465 I don't know what they put up at the Theatre for that night. 1852 Punch 11 Dec. 257/1 The entertainments this week have been of a slight and desultory character, the management being..glad to ‘put up’ anything they could get. 1891 New Rev. Dec. 506 A manager..may ‘put up’ the ‘Midsummer Night's Dream’. 1905 W. C. Hazlitt in Newcastle Daily Chron. 21 May 4/5 The only showman who used to put up an appearance was old Tommy Elliott, an itinerant exhibitor, with his peep-show. 1958 Arizona Daily Sun 12 July 1/8 I would have liked to get that kind of dough to put up a production over here. 1996 East Afr. (Nairobi) 13 May 24/8 That excellent drama Pambazuka they put up recently in Nairobi. b. To exhibit or give (a (usually good) account of oneself) in a struggle, fight, argument, sporting contest, etc. Later also: to make (a protest, disturbance, etc.); to ‘kick up’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > resist > make show of resistance show1577 baya1657 to show the bull-horn1833 to put up1881 1881 Washington Post 8 Feb. 2/5 His principal pleasure is in stock gambling, and..he must put up a great game now and then on the public to enjoy himself. 1882 Atlanta Constit. 18 Aug. With a plucky leader they [sc. the democrats] are going to put up a fight that will satisfy their opponents. 1926 Lincoln (Nebraska) Sunday Star 17 Jan. 2/1 The specialist grain farmer will put up a fuss in times of low corn prices. 1928 H. Crane Let. 27 Mar. (1965) 320 I put up quite a fight, but neither of us were in much condition. 1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 111 Tripe-hound, a mongrel dog. Also applied to a racing greyhound that persists in putting up a disappointing performance. 1988 A. N. Wilson Tolstoy i. 16 He ordered his troops to fire on the rebels, and they fled without putting up any resistance. 2003 Backwoods Home Mag. Nov. 9/2 A disgruntled, sourpussed organized fringe group just puts up a fuss, and a community..caves in. 12. transitive. To raise, increase (a price, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (transitive)] > increase (prices) raise?a1513 enhance1542 enhaulse1600 exhance1667 inflamea1687 to run up1709 rise1740 to put up1838 hike1904 up1934 price-gouge1940 uplift1962 1838 Times 25 Dec. 2/6 Our millers have determined upon putting up the price of flour to 62s. again. 1890 Harper's Mag. Oct. 758/1 His governor..had quite lately put his allowance up a hundred pounds. 1914 N.Y. Times 21 Aug. 5 From the local market came the complaint of the Kosher delicatessen men that the manufacturers had put up prices. 1949 K. Ferrier Let. 18 May (2004) iii. 79 I pointed out they hadn't put up my fee for next year, and got it put up on the instant! 1966 Listener 12 May 687/3 The Rhodesian crisis put up the price of copper from Zambia, and then Chile put up the price of its copper. 1993 C. MacDougall Lights Below 177 That's the bloody Tories for you, put up the price of everything and blame the working man. 13. Originally U.S. a. transitive. To stake or provide (money); to pay up. Also more generally: to supply, come up with. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things [verb (transitive)] > pay up or out to pay out1438 to pay over1668 to shell down1801 pony1819 tip1829 to fork out, over, or up1831 to stump up1833 to put up1838 stump1841 pungle1851 to ante up1880 cough1894 to peg out1895 brass1898 1838 Amer. Turf Reg. & Sporting Mag. Sept. 428 He put up the money again in stakes. 1853 H. Melville Bartleby ii, in Putnam's Monthly Mag. Dec. 609/1 ‘Done!’ said I, ‘Put up your money.’ 1879 E. Harrigan Mulligan Guard Ball (typescript) i. i. 7 Aint he putting up all the meat for the ball supper to-morrow night? 1892 Harper's Mag. May 870/1 Prussia, together with the remaining states, puts up sixteen army corps. 1967 T. Cade Bambara Playin with Punjab in Gorilla, my Love (1972) 73 He'd..put up bail a couple of times for some of the star pupils. 1993 M. Gee Going West (1994) 61 The big companies were not interested. The smaller had no money to put up. b. intransitive in same sense. to put up or shut up (colloquial): to take action, ‘come up with the goods’, or to stop talking about something; ‘to put one's money where one's mouth is’ (usually in imperative). ΚΠ 1858 Marysville (Ohio) Tribune 21 July Now, if he means business, let him put up, or shut up, for this is the last communication that will come from me in regard to this fellow. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xl. 512 This was a plain case of ‘put up, or shut up’. 1899 ‘R. Connor’ Sky Pilot xv. 202 The boys ginerally put up for what they wanted without no fuss. 1911 J. C. Lincoln Cap'n Warren's Wards 237 You're putting up for it, and I ought to be much obliged. 1943 Z. N. Hurston Let. 25 July in Life in Lett. (2002) 493 I am one of those people who put up or shut up. 1952 Manch. Guardian Weekly 1 May 3/4 The old alternatives will be revived: put up or shut up—get out or get on to the Yalu and beyond. 1996 T. Clancy Executive Orders liv. 738 You blue-suits been telling us for years how ballsy those Aegis cruisers are. Put up or shut up, okay? 14. transitive. Angling. To prepare (a cast of flies); (also) to fasten (a fly) to a line. ΚΠ 1860 C. Kingsley in Fraser's Mag. Sept. 334/2 An imitation of these little ground bees is a deadly fly the whole year round... There are those who never put up a cast of flies without one. 1863 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 455/2 John Hossack..was on the back of the dog-cart with the rods,..putting up a cast of flies. 1892 Field 17 Sept. 454/1 When putting up a new fly, the wings, hackle, and body are painted over with the paraffin. 1901 Field 9 Nov. 739 I put up a fine cast with three biggish flies tied on fine gut (a March brown, a Zulu, and a black palmer). 1958 Times 5 July 9/4 It is one thing to put up a fly at the boot of the car, or to change calmly to a fresh one on the terra firma of the river bank when no fish is being engaged. 1975 B. Clarke Pursuit of Stillwater Trout i. 37 I want to get them [sc. trout], and every time I slip on a wader, and put up a fly, it is with this in mind. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > take the measure of measure?a1425 gauge1583 to sum up1631 measure1684 to touch off1766 to take (also get) the measure of1790 to get (also take, etc.) a person's number1853 reckon1853 to put up1864 size1884 to weigh up1894 to read the room1975 1864 Chicago Tribune 11 May 3/4 There is no longer any doubt in my mind concerning the matter. I will tell you how I put it up, and take the consequences. 1877 ‘M. Twain’ in Atlantic Monthly Nov. 590/1 Would you like to have me explain that thing to you?.. Now, this is the way I put it up. 1895 Cent. Mag. Sept. 674/2 And Jack says to himself, ‘Well,..I done what I could! What is to be will be.’ That's about the way I put it up. < as lemmas |
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