We put up at a small hotel on the edge of the town. - Anglés example sentence

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sacredceltic December 20, 2014 December 20, 2014 at 7:42:12 PM UTC

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who did you put up there ?

patgfisher December 21, 2014, edited December 21, 2014 December 21, 2014 at 12:05:03 AM UTC, edited December 21, 2014 at 12:06:08 AM UTC

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"put up" can be transitive or intransitive.

[transitive] to let someone stay in your house

Could you put me up for the night when I come to London?

[intransitive] old-fashioned to stay for a short time in a place that is not your home
put up at/in:

We put up at a cheap hotel.

(source Macmillan dictionary).

sacredceltic December 21, 2014 December 21, 2014 at 2:53:02 AM UTC

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My own dictionary states :

put up
1. To erect; build.
2. To preserve; can: put up six jars of jam.
3. To nominate: put up a candidate at a convention.
4. To provide (funds) in advance: put up money for the new musical.
5. To provide lodgings for: put a friend up for the night.
6. Sports To startle (game animals) from cover: put up grouse.
7. To offer for sale: put up his antiques.
8.
a. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
b. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.