put up with

Verb

Meaning

(idiomatic) To endure, tolerate, suffer through, or allow, especially something annoying.
I put up with a lot of nonsense, but this is too much.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tolerate

(idiomatic) To be taken in; to be sheltered (put up).
Thousands of teens in foster care would love to put up with you.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

brook allow bear accept stand suffer stick undergo stomach withstand tolerate endure bide live with go through
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Antonyms

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Examples

It is not the self-critical who reveals his humility (for does not everyone have some how to put up with himself?). Rather, it is the man who continues to love the person who has criticized him. John Climacus

The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents. Charles de Lint

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. Dolly Parton

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. Mark Twain

Some will enjoy the honey, others will have to put up with the sting. Kurdish Proverb

Put up with it cossack, and you'll be an ataman. Russian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

put up to put up to auction put up white flag put up your fists put up your hand put upon