Phrase guide

put up with

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, informal

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abear, abide, aby, accept, allow, bear, bide, brook, dree, endure, forbear, go along with, live with, pass, pocket, pouch, put up with, stand, stick, stomach, suffer, swallow, take, take sitting down, thole, tolerate, undergang, undergo

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From put up + with.

Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: সহ্য করা (śojjho kora) — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Bengali: সওয়া (śoōẇa) — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Bulgarian: понасям (ponasjam) — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Bulgarian: примирявам се (primirjavam se) — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Danish: finde sig i — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Dutch: ondergaan — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Dutch: verdragen — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Esperanto: elteni — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Esperanto: toleri — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Finnish: sietää — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Finnish: sulattaa — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Galician: aturar — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Georgian: ატარებს (aṭarebs) — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Georgian: იტანს (iṭans) — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Georgian: ძლებს (ʒlebs) — to tolerate, suffer through
  • German: in Kauf nehmen — to tolerate, suffer through
  • German: hinnehmen — to tolerate, suffer through
  • German: akzeptieren — to tolerate, suffer through
  • German: mit etwas klarkommen — to tolerate, suffer through
  • German: klarkommen — to tolerate, suffer through
  • German: ertragen — to tolerate, suffer through
  • German: aushalten — to tolerate, suffer through
  • German: mitmachen — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Greek: ανέχομαι (anéchomai) — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Hebrew: הִשְׁלִים עִם (hishlím im) — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Hungarian: eltűr — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Hungarian: elvisel — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Irish: cuir suas le — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Italian: sopportare — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Italian: tollerare — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Latin: tolerō — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Latin: perpetior — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Māori: koromaki — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Norwegian Bokmål: avfinne seg med — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tåle — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tolerere — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Polish: znosić — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Polish: znieść — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Polish: wytrzymywać — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Polish: wytrzymać — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Polish: tolerować — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Polish: dzierżyć — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Polish: zdzierżyć — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Portuguese: aguentar — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Portuguese: suportar — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Portuguese: tolerar — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Portuguese: aturar — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Russian: сноси́ть (snosítʹ) — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Russian: терпе́ть (terpétʹ) — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Spanish: aguantar — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Spanish: soportar — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Spanish: tolerar — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Spanish: dejarse de — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Spanish: apechugar — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Swedish: stå ut med — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Swedish: finna sig i — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Ottoman Turkish: گوتورمك (götürmek) — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Ukrainian: терпі́ти (terpíty) — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Ukrainian: толерува́ти (toleruváty) — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Ukrainian: мири́тися з (myrýtysja z) — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Ukrainian: змиря́тися (zmyrjátysja) — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Yiddish: אויסהאַלטן (oyshaltn) — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Yiddish: סובל זײַן (soyvl zayn) — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Yiddish: אויסשטיין (oysshteyn) — to tolerate, suffer through
  • Yiddish: אויסלײַדן (oyslaydn) — to tolerate, suffer through