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put up with

verb as in bear

verb as in bear with

verb as in go

verb as in lump

verb as in reconcile

Strongest matches

Strong matches

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

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.

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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.

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“Well, you do put up with those dreadful children, and so you shall be paid your salary. You must give the steward a note of instruction from me. Write it and sign my name; you know better than anyone what you are owed.”

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Why would anyone put up with those bad odds?

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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