If people put up 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
To put up resistance to something means to resist it. In the end the Kurds surrendered without putting up any resistance He'd put up a real fight to keep you there
To put up the price of something means to cause it to increase. Their friends suggested they should put up their prices They know he would put their taxes up. = raise, increase
If a person or hotel puts you up or if you put up 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
If you put up money for something, you provide the money that is needed to pay for it. The state agreed to put up $69,000 to start his company The merchant banks raise capital for industry. They don't actually put it up themselves. = provide
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 put up as a candidate
If you put up a poster or notice, you fix it to a wall or board. They're putting new street signs up The teacher training college put up a plaque to the college's founder. take down
put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"