put up a show

English

Verb

put 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)

(informal) To do something particularly well or particularly badly.

References

“put up a good poor show” (US) / “put up a good poor show” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
“put up a good poor etc show” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.

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