put up a show

verb

To do something particularly well or particularly badly.

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Meanings

verbput up a show (third-person singular simple present puts up a show, present participle putting up a show, simple past and past participle put up a show)

present singular third person puts up a show · participle present putting up a show

  1. informalTo do something particularly well or particularly badly.
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put up a show. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20up%20a%20show

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “put up a show,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20up%20a%20show.

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