put up with

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put up with

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From put up + with.

verb puts up with · putting up with · put up with

  1. idiomatic, informal To endure, tolerate, suffer through, or allow, especially something annoying. I put up with a lot of nonsense, but this is too much.

    Similar: abear, abide, aby, accept, allow, bear, bide, brook, dree, endure, forbear, go along with

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

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verb to tolerate, suffer through

Españolaguantar, soportar, tolerar, dejarse de, apechugar
Portuguêsaguentar, suportar, tolerar, aturar
Deutschin Kauf nehmen, hinnehmen, akzeptieren, mit etwas klarkommen, klarkommen, ertragen
Italianosopportare, tollerare
Ελληνικάανέχομαι anéchomai
Русскийсноси́ть snosítʹ, терпе́ть terpétʹ
עבריתהִשְׁלִים עִם hishlím im

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@misc{put_up_with_2026,
  title = {put up with},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/put%20up%20with},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}