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.