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put up with — tolerate something annoying

phrasal verbB1core

to accept or tolerate something or someone unpleasant without complaining

Pattern: put up with something/someone

In use

  • I don't know how you put up with that noise all day.general
  • We've put up with the broken heating for weeks now, it's ridiculous.general

Common mistake

Don't drop the 'with' — it's 'put up with the noise', not 'put up the noise'.

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