phrasal verb · neutral
put up
/pʊt ʌp/PUT·UP
1) to provide accommodation temporarily; 2) to hang or display something; 3) to raise or erect (prices, buildings)
Examples
“Could you put me up for a couple of nights while I'm in town?”
“They put up posters to advertise the event.”
“Shops put up prices after the tax change.”
Band 8 sentence
“When delegates arrived, the university put up visiting scholars in on-campus housing.”
Collocations
- put someone up for the night
- put up posters/advertisements/a tent
- put up prices
Word family
Common mistakes
They put up it on the wall.→They put it up on the wall.
Can you put me on for a night?→Can you put me up for a night?
Say it for a higher band
5give someone a place to stay→6host→7+put up
Synonyms
host
erect
Easily confused
put up with
“She had to put up with noisy neighbours for months.”
set up
“They set up a temporary office in the auditorium.”
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