Phrase · B2 · Everyday · often used to express the limits of tolerance
put up with
put UP with Give up a clear beat; keep with light unless contrasting it.
Continue to accept an annoying or unpleasant person, situation, or experience instead of stopping or escaping it.
trpeti; podnositi nekoga ili nešto neprijatno
Use it
We put up with the noisy fan until the replacement arrived.
The unpleasant situation was tolerated for a limited time; put is also the past form.
I won’t put up with being interrupted every time I speak.
The negative form sets a boundary; with can be followed by an -ing form.
Build the sentence
put up with + person/noun/-ing · put up with it · not put up with something any longer
Memory scene
A reader stays at the table while a drill rattles the cup beside her. She dislikes the disturbance but continues to endure it.
Watch out
Keep all three words together before the object: put up with it, not put it up with. Tolerating something does not mean liking or approving of it. Put someone up means provide accommodation and is a different expression.
Nearby language
A more formal single-word alternative for accepting an unpleasant situation or behavior.
Often suggests accepting an ongoing limitation that you cannot readily change.
Means let someone stay in your home, rather than tolerate them.
Make it yours
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