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[put up a (brave or good) front]  {v. phr.}

To act courageously, even though one is actually afraid.

[put up a (brave, good, etc.) fight]  {v. phr.}

To resist.

[put up or shut up]  {v. phr.}  {informal}

1. To bet your money on what you say or stop saying it. — Often used as a command; often considered rude.

* /The man from out of town kept saying their team would beat ours and finally John told him "Put up or  […]

[put up to]  {v. phr.},  {informal}

To talk to and make do; persuade to; get to do.

Older boys put us up to painting the statue red.

Compare: [EGG ON].

[put up with]  {v.}

To accept patiently; bear.

We had to put up with Jim's poor table manners because he refused to change.

The mother told her children, "I refuse to put up with your tracking in mud!"

Compare: [STAND FOR].

[put upon]  {v.}

To use (someone) unfairly; expect too much from. — Used in the passive or in the past participle.

Martha was put upon by the bigger girls.

[put wise]  {v.},  {slang}

To tell (someone) facts that will give him an advantage over others or make him alert to opportunity or danger.

The new boy did not know that Jim was playing a trick on him, so I put him wise.

- Often used with "to".

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[put words into one's mouth]  {v. phr.}

To say without proof that another person has certain feelings or opinions; claim a stand or an idea is another's without asking; speak for another without right.

* /When he said "John here is in favor of the  […]

[put-on]  {n.}

An act of teasing; the playing of a practical joke on someone.

[put-up]  {adj.}

Artificially arranged; plotted; phony; illegal.