Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles 'Put up' has lots of meanings - here are three of them. 'Put up' can mean 'to build'. 'Tim's just put a new shed up in his garden.' 'I'm going to put up a new wall.' 'Put up' can mean 'to struggle for or against something'. 'I thought you were going to lose but you really put up a good effort.' 'We can stop this if we put up a fight.' For these two meanings the direct object could go either before or after the 'up'. If you 'put someone up' you allow them to stay somewhere. 'Don't worry about a hotel - we can put you up for the night.' Here the direct object has to come before the 'up'. So it can mean 'build', 'struggle' or 'let stay'. Do you know any other meanings? 'You put up a good effort to put up that wall. Now you must be tired - I can put you up if you like.'
A2 put direct object object direct effort build 3 ways to use 'put up' - English In A Minute 14 1 林宜悉 posted on 2021/03/01 More Share Save Report Video vocabulary