put sth up
(BUILD) — phrasal verb with put /pʊt/ verb (present tense putting, past tense and past participle put)Definition
B2 to build something: They're planning to put a hotel up where the museum used to be. We're going to put up a new fence around our garden.Construction work and workers
(Definition of put sth up (BUILD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
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