put up
Example Sentences
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Mr McLachlan continued: "Been put-up to being here?"
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2023
The 2022 season may be pivotal for the Commanders: a new quarterback era, the owner still being investigated by Congress, the coach looking at a put-up or shut-up season.
From Washington Times • Sep. 11, 2022
Takeover Panel extends CD&R's "put-up or shut-up" deadline until Aug. 20.
From Reuters • Oct. 1, 2021
“My attitude was: It was put-up or shut-up time,” Barr said in the piece published in the Atlantic under the headline “William Barr Speaks.”
From Slate • Jun. 27, 2021
The pantry is shelved floor to ceiling with pickles and soup jars, molasses, put-up vegetables, and preserves.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.