put up with

Endure without complaint

To put up with something is to tolerate or endure it, especially when it's unpleasant or annoying: I don't know how she puts up with his constant complaining.

The phrase implies patience or resignation rather than acceptance—you put up with things you'd rather not have to deal with at all.

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persist · tough it out · forbearance · weather · brook · countenance · stomach · stand · stoicism · accept · suck it up · bite the bullet · suffer · swallow · fortitude · grin and bear it · lump it · acquiescence

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Opposites
tolerance/acceptance

put up withprotest

Public expression of disapproval

reject · resist · put one's foot down · stand up to · complain

response to grievance

put up withprotest

Public expression of disapproval

raise hell · make a fuss · kick up a fuss · take issue with · call out

staying vs. leaving

put up withleave

Sanctioned time away

walk away from · abandon · quit · walk out on · escape

Family

put, with, puts, putting, putter, input, output, upping, withdraw

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G