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That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put up to me I was a little dubious, not knowing just what would be expected of us.
Benny Goodman

Meaning of "put up to" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUT UP TO

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WHAT DOES PUT UP TO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of put up to in the English dictionary

The definition of put up to in the dictionary is to inform or instruct about. Other definition of put up to is to urge or goad on to; incite to.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUT UP TO

put the moz on
put the nips in
put the question
put the record straight
put the wind up
put their heads together
put through
put to bed
put to death
put to flight
put to sea
put to shame
put to the torch
put two and two together
put up
put up the shutters
put up with
put upon
put wise
put words into someone´s mouth

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUT UP TO

be a wake-up to
come up to
face up to
feel up to
keep to
lead up to
make up to
measure up to
play up to
stand up to
suck up to
up to

Synonyms and antonyms of put up to in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «put up to» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUT UP TO

Find out the translation of put up to to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of put up to from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «put up to» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

竖起来
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poner hasta
570 millions of speakers

English

put up to
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

के लिए लगाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طرح ل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поместить до
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

colocar -se a
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পর্যন্ত রাখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mettre en place à
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersabar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

anstiften
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

まで置く
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에 올려
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sijine nganti
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đặt lên đến
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पर्यंत ठेवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Koymak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mettere fino a
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

umieścić do
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

помістити до
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pus la
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συσκευασμένα σε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sit tot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sätta upp till
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

satt opp til
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUT UP TO»

The term «put up to» is very widely used and occupies the 928 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUT UP TO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about put up to

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2 QUOTES WITH «PUT UP TO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word put up to.
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Benny Goodman
That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put up to me I was a little dubious, not knowing just what would be expected of us.
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K. D. Lang
I think masculinity is bravado against the mystery of the universe of women. It's just a fear of not knowing what women have that's so powerful. It's this shield they put up to try to get closer.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUT UP TO»

Discover the use of put up to in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to put up to and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge
To Put up. To emit ; to cause to germinate, as plants. — Hartihorn shaven, or in small pieces, mixed with dung, and watered, putteth up mushrooms. Bacon. 63. To Put up. To expose publickly : as, these goodt are put up to sale. 64- To Put up.
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1806
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The New and Complete American Encyclopedia: Or, Universal ...
To Put up. To pass unrevenged 62. To Put up. To emit ; to cause ; to germinate, as plants. — 63. To Put up. To expose publicly : as, these goods are put up to sale. — 64. To Put up. To start froni a cover. — 65. To Put up. To hoard. 66. To Put up ...
‎1811
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. ...
To 'ut together. To accumulate into one sum ir mm(Burnet). 6l. To Put up. To pass mrevenged (L Estrange). 62. To Put up. I'o emit; to cause to germinate, as plants Bacon). 63. To Put up. To expose public- V : as, these goods are pu/ up to sale.
John Mason Good, Olinthus Gilbert Gregory, 1813
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
To Put up. To emit ; to cause to ger- Abbot. II. To Put to sea. To let sail ; to begin minate, as plants.— Hartshorn shaven, or in small the course. — The duke did his best to comedown, pieces, mixed with dung, and watered, putteth up and to put ...
‎1816
5
How English Works: A Grammar Handbook with Readings
To give extreme difficulty to: was put to it to finish on time. put two and two together. To draw the proper conclusion from given evidence or indications. put up or shut up. Slang. To endure (something unpleasant) without complaining. put up to.
Ann Raimes, 1998
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
The lands of China were formerly common property, allotted out to families by the magistrates of the several districts, until the time of Tfin-chi-hoang, in whose reign they were put up to sale, and thence became heritable property. This will ...
‎1814
7
A Dictionnary of the English Language
To PUT up. To pass unrevcnged. , I will, indeed no longer endure it; nor am I yet persuaded to put up in peace what already Ihave foolishly suffered. Shuh. It is prudence, in many cases, to put up the injuries of a. ' weaker enemy, for sear of ...
Samuel Johnson, 1773
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
Bayward. 5j. To Pot together. To accumulate into one sum or mass. Burnet. 58. To Put up. To pass unrevenged. Boyle. 5g. To Pot up. To emit; to cause to germinate as plants. Bacon. 60. To Put up. To expose publickly : as to sale. 61. To Pot up.
Samuel Johnson, 1828
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
A laying of information against a fellow~crirninalz c.:—1823; ob. Bee, who implies that put-up serves also as n. to put up, v., 2, q.v. See also fit-up. put up. To show, achieve, e.g. a good fight or, during and since WW1, a good (or bad) show: coll.
Eric Partridge, 2006
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A dictionary of the English language. Abstracted from the ...
To pass unrevenged. L'Est. 62. To Put m/>. To emit; to cause to germi. nate, a.i plants. Bacon. 63. To Put up. To expose publickly ; as, *..< M- goods arc put up to sale. 64. To Put up. To start from a cover. Add. Cs. To Put up. To hoard. Spelnum.
Samuel Johnson, 1822

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