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(phrasal verb) to tolerate, to endure

Example Sentence:

A: How is life in Seoul?
B: It is awful. I hate the food, I can’t speak the language, and I have to put up with a dirty roommate!

I am too old to put up with the bad music of today’s kids.

The young couple was angry because they were always putting up with their noisy neighbours.

Similar idioms:

  1. knock it off
  2. show-off
  3. put one’s foot down
  4. sort out
  5. face the music
  6. figure out
  7. up to (2)
  8. break down
  9. make light of

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