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put up with

Idioms  

  1. Endure without complaint, as in She's been very patient, putting up with all kinds of inconvenience. [Mid-1700s]

Example Sentences

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But college football programs will put up with just about anything for the sake of winning—and Kiffin is proof.

From The Wall Street Journal

The five tenants also had to put up with a faulty ventilation system that was so noisy it kept them awake at night and caused mould.

From BBC

They depend on the latter for many things, in some case for their survival, and so they must put up with the former, as long as he controls the levers.

From Slate

Why would anyone put up with those bad odds?

From Slate

Ms Houlihan, from Cambridgeshire, who is waiting for a benign tumour in her neck to be removed, said she had had to put up with two cancellations already, but could understand those as she was told patients who were higher priorities needed to be seen.

From BBC

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