From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishput up with somebody/something phrasal verbSTAND/BEARto accept an unpleasant situation or person without complaining She put up with his violent temper.RegisterIn written English, people usually prefer to use tolerate, which is more formal:They had to tolerate many hardships. → put→ See Verb table
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put up with • The fact that they were none of these things was something she had to put up with.• At football matches or at confrontations at seaside resorts the police have to put up with a lot of abuse.• People would never put up with it before then.• If he had been attached only to me, he would not have the strength to put up with me now.• So why do they put up with the real foreigners?• Gabby found herself wondering how Jane put up with them at all.• For the moment, she would have to put up with things the way they were. 