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"put up" Definition

  1. to suggest, to incite, “he PUT me UP to it;” he prompted me to do it. PUT UP, to stop at an hotel or a tavern for entertainment.
  2. to inspect or plan out with a view of robbery. To obtain full particulars with regard to a house and its occupants, so that danger shall be reduced to a minimum, and the chances of success enlarged.

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Position in the dictionary: 2733 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: put upon, putter up, puttun, pyah, pygostole, pyjands, p’s and q’s, quad., quaker, quality
Previous words in the dictionary: put the pot on, put that in your pipe and smoke it, put on, put, pussey-cats, push, purler, purl, pure finders, purdah

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