put on vs send up

put on

verb
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, on. 

  • To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense. 

  • To don (clothing, equipment, or the like). 

  • To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop. 

  • To perform for an audience. 

  • To organize a performance for an audience. 

  • To fool, kid, deceive. 

  • To bet on. 

  • To play (a recording). 

send up

verb
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see send, up. 

  • To put in prison. 

  • To imitate someone or something for the purpose of satirical humour. 

How often have the words put on and send up occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )