put up

accrocher, installer

Fixer quelque chose sur un mur ou une autre surface pour qu’on puisse le voir ou l’utiliser.

En anglais simple : To attach something to a wall or another surface so people can see or use it.

• Let us put up some pictures.
• They put up new curtains yesterday.
• Who put that sign up on the gate?

Comment l'utiliser : put something up on something (We put a notice up on the door.)

Synonymes : hang, mount

Contraires : take down

Expressions courantes : put up posters, put up shelves

héberger, loger

Accueillir quelqu’un chez soi ou ailleurs pour un court séjour.

En anglais simple : To let someone stay in your home or another place for a short time.

• We can put you up tonight.
• They put us up in their spare room.
• Could you put my brother up for the weekend?

Comment l'utiliser : put someone up for a period (My cousin put me up for two nights.); put someone up at somewhere (The company put us up at a hotel.)

Synonymes : accommodate, house

Expressions courantes : put someone up, put up guests

opposer, offrir

Faire des efforts ou opposer une résistance face à un adversaire, une menace ou une difficulté.

En anglais simple : To show effort or resistance when facing an opponent, threat, or difficulty.

• They put up strong resistance.
• Our team put up a good fight.
• She put up a brave defence of her decision.

Comment l'utiliser : put up a fight (The team put up a fight despite losing.)

Synonymes : offer, mount

Expressions courantes : put up resistance, put up a fight

pousser, inciter

Pousser quelqu’un à faire quelque chose, surtout une bêtise ou un acte répréhensible.

En anglais simple : To persuade or dare someone to do something, especially something wrong or silly.

• Who put you up to this?
• Her brother put her up to playing the trick.
• Nobody put me up to it; it was my idea.

Comment l'utiliser : put someone up to something (Who put you up to this trick?); put someone up to doing something (His friends put him up to hiding my shoes.)

Synonymes : egg on, incite

Contraires : deter

Expressions courantes : put someone up to, put up someone

mettre en hauteur

Mettre quelque chose à un endroit plus élevé.

En anglais simple : To place something in a higher position.

• Put the bags up there.
• She put the suitcase up on the shelf.
• Can you put this box up where the children cannot reach it?

Comment l'utiliser : put something up on something (Put the box up on the top shelf.)

Synonymes : place higher

Contraires : put down

Expressions courantes : put something up, put up luggage

ranger

Mettre quelque chose à sa place quand on ne l’utilise pas.

En anglais simple : To place something where it is kept when it is not being used.

• Please put up your tools.
• She put the dishes up after dinner.
• Have you put the toys up yet?

Comment l'utiliser : put something up (Put the dishes up after washing them.)

Synonymes : put away, store

Contraires : take out

Expressions courantes : put up tools, put something up