Definition of "put up" []

• To place in a high location. (verb)
• To hang or mount. (verb)
• To cajole or dare to do something. (verb)
• To store away. (verb)
• To house, shelter, or take in. (verb)

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• "It was possible that Tríona had been searching for something in the stacks or online, but library policy had put up an unexpected roadblock—call slips and computer logs were routinely shredded by librarians concerned about government bootprints on the Bill of Rights."
• "They erased the name of HICCASP from the office door but put up the title of a new group—it was the same people with the same objectives behind a new front group."
• "I set up my 16-millimeter projector, put up the screen, and let the story tell itself."