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PUT-UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does put-up mean?
• PUT-UP (adjective)
The adjective PUT-UP has 1 sense:
1. planned secretly
Familiarity information: PUT-UP used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Planned secretly
Context example:
it was a put-up job
Similar:
planned (designed or carried out according to a plan)
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