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Grammar fix

put up with

tolerate something annoying

to accept or tolerate something or someone unpleasant without complaining

phrasal verbB1core

Don't mix these meanings

Same phrase, different job.

tolerate something annoying

to accept or tolerate something or someone unpleasant without complaining

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Hear it in context

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

  • 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

Fix the pattern

Pattern: put up with something/someone

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

Patternput up with something/someone

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