put up with

verb

To endure, tolerate, suffer through, or allow, especially something annoying.

“I put up with a lot of nonsense, but this is too much.”

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Meanings

verbput up with (third-person singular simple present puts up with, present participle putting up with, simple past and past participle put up with)

present singular third person puts up with · participle present putting up with

  1. idiomaticinformalTo endure, tolerate, suffer through, or allow, especially something annoying.

    I put up with a lot of nonsense, but this is too much.

    1 more example

    Will you be able to put up with me for another 56 more years?

    2013, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight (motion picture), spoken by Celine (Julie Delpy)

    Synonyms: abear, abide, aby, accept, allow, bear, bide, brook

  2. To be taken in; to be sheltered (put up).

    Thousands of teens in foster care would love to put up with you.

    2012, adoptuskids.org
    1 more example

    We put up with a family friend, who was an extremely gracious and hospitable host.

    2022, Chowdhury I. Zaman, In the Corridors of Elysium, page 180

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo endure, tolerate, suffer through, or allow, especially something annoying.

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Origin

From put up + with.

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Translations

Bengali সহ্য করা, সওয়া
  • সহ্য করা (śojjho kora)to tolerate, suffer through
  • সওয়া (śoōẇa)to tolerate, suffer through
Bulgarian понасям, примирявам се
  • понасям (ponasjam)to tolerate, suffer through
  • примирявам се (primirjavam se)to tolerate, suffer through
Danish finde sig i
  • finde sig ito tolerate, suffer through
Dutch ondergaan, verdragen
  • ondergaanto tolerate, suffer through
  • verdragento tolerate, suffer through
Esperanto elteni, toleri
  • eltenito tolerate, suffer through
  • tolerito tolerate, suffer through
Finnish sietää, sulattaa
  • sietääto tolerate, suffer through
  • sulattaato tolerate, suffer through
German in Kauf nehmen, hinnehmen
  • in Kauf nehmento tolerate, suffer through
  • hinnehmento tolerate, suffer through
  • akzeptierento tolerate, suffer through
  • mit etwas klarkommento tolerate, suffer through
  • klarkommento tolerate, suffer through
  • ertragento tolerate, suffer through
  • aushaltento tolerate, suffer through
  • mitmachento tolerate, suffer through
Greek ανέχομαι
  • ανέχομαι (anéchomai)to tolerate, suffer through
Hebrew הִשְׁלִים עִם
  • הִשְׁלִים עִם (hishlím im)to tolerate, suffer through
Hungarian eltűr, elvisel
  • eltűrto tolerate, suffer through
  • elviselto tolerate, suffer through
Irish cuir suas le
  • cuir suas leto tolerate, suffer through
Italian sopportare, tollerare
  • sopportareto tolerate, suffer through
  • tollerareto tolerate, suffer through
Latin tolerō, perpetior
  • tolerōto tolerate, suffer through
  • perpetiorto tolerate, suffer through
Māori koromaki
  • koromakito tolerate, suffer through
Norwegian Bokmål avfinne seg med, tåle
  • avfinne seg medto tolerate, suffer through
  • tåleto tolerate, suffer through
  • tolerereto tolerate, suffer through
Polish znosić, znieść
  • znosićto tolerate, suffer through
  • znieśćto tolerate, suffer through
  • wytrzymywaćto tolerate, suffer through
  • wytrzymaćto tolerate, suffer through
  • tolerowaćto tolerate, suffer through
  • dzierżyćto tolerate, suffer through
  • zdzierżyćto tolerate, suffer through
Portuguese aguentar, suportar
  • aguentarto tolerate, suffer through
  • suportarto tolerate, suffer through
  • tolerarto tolerate, suffer through
  • aturarto tolerate, suffer through
Russian сноси́ть, терпе́ть
  • сноси́ть (snosítʹ)to tolerate, suffer through
  • терпе́ть (terpétʹ)to tolerate, suffer through
Spanish aguantar, soportar
  • aguantarto tolerate, suffer through
  • soportarto tolerate, suffer through
  • tolerarto tolerate, suffer through
  • dejarse deto tolerate, suffer through
  • apechugarto tolerate, suffer through
Swedish stå ut med, finna sig i
  • stå ut medto tolerate, suffer through
  • finna sig ito tolerate, suffer through
Ukrainian терпі́ти, толерува́ти
  • терпі́ти (terpíty)to tolerate, suffer through
  • толерува́ти (toleruváty)to tolerate, suffer through
  • мири́тися з (myrýtysja z)to tolerate, suffer through
  • змиря́тися (zmyrjátysja)to tolerate, suffer through
Yiddish אויסהאַלטן, סובל זײַן
  • אויסהאַלטן (oyshaltn)to tolerate, suffer through
  • סובל זײַן (soyvl zayn)to tolerate, suffer through
  • אויסשטיין (oysshteyn)to tolerate, suffer through
  • אויסלײַדן (oyslaydn)to tolerate, suffer through
Cite this entry
APA

put up with. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20up%20with

MLA

“put up with.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20up%20with. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “put up with,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20up%20with.

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