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put up

[poot-uhp] / ˈpʊtˌʌp /




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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