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  • 31Put-up — Put up, a. Arranged; plotted; in a bad sense; as, a put up job. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 32Put — der od. das; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. amerik. put zu engl. to put »(weg)stellen«>: 1. Verkaufsoption (Börsenw.). 2. (meist Plur.) Optionspapier auf fallende Aktien (Börsenw.); Ggs. ↑Call …

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  • 33put — put, putt Put (pronounced like the verb) is used in athletics (shot put), whereas putt (pronounced like gut) is the term used in golf …

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  • 34put — [v1] position bring, concenter, concentrate, deposit, embed, establish, fasten, fix, fixate, focus, insert, install, invest, lay, nail, park, peg, place, plank, plank down, plant, plop, plunk, plunk down, quarter, repose, rest, rivet, seat, set,… …

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  • 35put up — [v1] accommodate guest bestow, billet, board, bunk, domicile, entertain, give lodging, harbor, house, lodge, make welcome, provide, quarter, take in; concepts 324,384 Ant. turn away put up [v2] build, erect construct, fabricate, forge, make, put… …

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  • 36put-up — [poot′up΄] adj. [< phrase PUT UP] Informal planned secretly beforehand [a put up job] …

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  • 37put-up|on — «PUT uh PON, PN», adjective. imposed upon; taken advantage of; victimized: »... a rich, overbearing builder and his put upon, endlessly complaining family (New Yorker) …

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  • 38Put — Put, n. [See {Pit}.] A pit. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 39Put — Put, n. [Cf. W. pwt any short thing, pwt o ddyn a squab of a person, pwtog a short, thick woman.] A rustic; a clown; an awkward or uncouth person. [1913 Webster] Queer country puts extol Queen Bess s reign. Bramston. [1913 Webster] What droll… …

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  • 40Put — Put, n. [OF. pute.] A prostitute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …

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