put up with sth/sb
— phrasal verb with put uk/pʊt/us/pʊt/verb present participle putting, past tense and past participle put
B2 to accept or continue to accept an unpleasant situation or experience, or someone who behaves unpleasantly:
I can put up with the house being messy, but I hate it if it's not clean.
He's so moody - I don't know why she puts up with him.
They have a lot to put up with (= they have a lot of difficulties).
More examples
- I don't know how he puts up with their constant complaining.
- I can't put up with a leaky freezer.
- I put up with her tantrums for 30 years.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Tolerating and enduring
- bear
- bear with sb
- bearable
- bide
- come to terms with sth idiom
- endurance
- philosophically
- resigned
- ride
- ride sth out
- sit
- sit sth out
- stand for sth
- stew (in your own juice) idiom
- stick
- stick it out
- stick with it idiom
- stick with sth/sb
- struggle on
- sweat it out idiom
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