English

put-up

Secretly arranged in advance, especially in order to defraud someone or to advance one's own interests.

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    Origin

    Deverbal from put up.

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    • derivedEnglishput “To physically place (sth or sb swh).”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishputten “to push, shove, put”
        • inheritedOld Englishputian “to push; thrust; put; place”
        • inheritedOld Englishpytan “to push, shove”
      • derivedOld Frenchpute

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