put someone up
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Even though we’ve done it for 12 years, we can’t afford to call a guy to fill in on drums and pay to put someone up in a hotel.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2022
“It was so completely out of the blue, I thought my husband had put someone up to it, that it was a joke, so I ended the call,” she says, laughing.
From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2020
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