1.
If people ~ a wall, building, tent, or other structure, they construct it so that it is upright.
Protesters have been putting up barricades across a number of major intersections...
? take down
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)
2.
If you ~ a poster or notice, you fix it to a wall or board.
They’re putting new street signs up...
The teacher training college ~ a plaque to the college’s founder.
? take down
PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron)
3.
To ~ resistance to something means to resist it.
In the end the Kurds surrendered without putting up any resistance...
He’d ~ a real fight to keep you there...
PHRASAL VERB: V P n, V P n
4.
If you ~ money for something, you provide the money that is needed to pay for it.
The state agreed to ~ $69,000 to start his company...
The merchant banks raise capital for industry. They don’t actually put it up themselves.
= provide
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P
5.
To ~ the price of something means to cause it to increase.
Their friends suggested they should ~ their prices...
They know he would put their taxes up.
= raise, increase
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P
6.
If a person or hotel puts you up or if you ~ somewhere, you stay there for one or more nights.
I wanted to know if she could put me up for a few days...
He decided that he would drive back to town instead of putting up for the night at the hotel.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P prep
7.
If a political party puts up a candidate in an election or if the candidate puts up, the candidate takes part in the election.
The new party is putting up 15 candidates for 22 seats...
He ~ as a candidate.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V P as n