Put up
Allow someone to stay at your house for a night or a few days
Meanings
- Allow someone to stay at your house for a night or a few days (separable [obligatory], International English)
- Show skill or determination in a contest, competition, fight, etc (inseparable, International English)
Examples
- She PUT me UP for the night because I'd missed the last bus and there were no night buses running.Increase prices, taxes, duties, etc.
- They PUT UP a great fight but lost.