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put up

To cajole or dare to do something.
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I think someone put him up to it.

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Submitted on May 14, 2012

Additional definitions for 'put up':

put upTo place in a high location.
put upTo hang or mount.
put upTo store away.
put upTo house, shelter, or take in.
put upTo present, especially in "put up a fight".
put upto build or as past tense, built
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