put up with

From put up + with.

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put up with (third-person singular simple present puts up with, present participle putting up with, simple past and past participle put up with)

1. (idiomatic) To endure, tolerate, suffer through, or allow, especially something annoying.

   I put up with a lot of nonsense, but this is too much.

   • 2013, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight, spoken by Celine (Julie Delpy):

     Will you be able to put up with me for another 56 more years?

2. (idiomatic) To be taken in; to be sheltered (put up).

   Thousands of teens in foster care would love to put up with you.

• See also Thesaurus:tolerate

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