phrasal verb · informal
put up with
/pʊt ʌp wɪð/PUT·up·WITH
speaking
to tolerate something unpleasant or annoying
Examples
“I can't put up with the noise from the street any longer.”
“She puts up with a lot at work because she needs the money.”
“How do you put up with such long commutes every day?”
Band 8 sentence
“Although the apartment was small and old, she put up with it because the rent was cheap.”
Collocations
- put up with noise/bad service
- can't put up with
Word family
put up with (v) verbputting up with (v-ing) verb
Common mistakes
I can not put with the noise.→I cannot put up with the noise.
She puts up the children→She puts up with the children
Say it for a higher band
5tolerate→6bear→7+put up with
Synonyms
tolerate
bear
Easily confused
tolerate
“I cannot tolerate such behaviour in the classroom.”
put up
“They put him up for the night.”
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