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put-up-with
(Idiomatic) to tolerate, suffer through, or allow, especially something annoying
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  1. (Idiomatic) to tolerate, suffer through, or allow, especially something annoying
bear
To have a tolerance for; endure:
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  1. To have a tolerance for; endure:
  2. To endure something with tolerance or patience:
  3. To offer; render:
bear-with
(Idiomatic) To be patient with.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To be patient with.
withstand
To oppose, resist, or endure, esp. in a successful way
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  1. To oppose, resist, or endure, esp. in a successful way
  2. To resist or endure successfully.
  3. To resist or oppose with determined effort:
live
To remain in human memory:
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  1. To remain in human memory:
  2. To remain alive
  3. To pursue a positive, satisfying existence; enjoy life:
remain
To stay while others go
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  1. To stay while others go
  2. To continue in the same state or condition:
  3. To be left as still to be dealt with:
tarry
To delay, linger, be tardy, etc.
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  1. To delay, linger, be tardy, etc.
  2. To wait or stay temporarily:
  3. To stay for a time, esp. longer than originally intended; remain temporarily
dwell
To speak or write at length; expatiate:
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  1. To speak or write at length; expatiate:
  2. To fasten one's attention on something, especially moodily or persistently:
  3. To live as a resident; reside.
continue
To exist over a period; last:
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  1. To exist over a period; last:
  2. (Law) To postpone or adjourn to a later date
  3. To cause to remain or last; retain or maintain:
keep on
(Idiomatic) persist or continue
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  1. (Idiomatic) persist or continue
  2. (Idiomatic) To remain in an existing position.
last
(Sequence) after everything else; finally
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  1. (Sequence) after everything else; finally
  2. To continue; survive:
  3. To mold or shape on a last.
expect
(Informal) To suppose; presume; guess
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  1. (Informal) To suppose; presume; guess
  2. To consider likely or certain:
  3. To consider reasonable or due:
anticipate
To look forward to; expect
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  1. To look forward to; expect
  2. To see as a probable occurrence; expect:
  3. To think, speak, or write about a matter in advance.
accept
(Medicine) To receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without immunological rejection.
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  1. (Medicine) To receive (a transplanted organ or tissue) without immunological rejection.
  2. To receive something, especially with favor. Often used with of.
  3. To agree to take (a duty or responsibility).
bear
To have a tolerance for; endure:
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  1. To have a tolerance for; endure:
  2. To bring and tell (a message, tales, etc.)
  3. To hold and take along; carry; transport
brook
To put up with; tolerate:
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  1. To put up with; tolerate:
endure
To suffer patiently without yielding.
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  1. To suffer patiently without yielding.
  2. To put up with; tolerate:
  3. To hold up under (pain, fatigue, etc.); stand; bear; undergo
go
To be such, by and large:
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  1. To be such, by and large:
  2. (Informal) To say or utter. Used chiefly in verbal narration:
  3. (Informal) To take on the responsibility or obligation for:
stand
To come to a stop; remain motionless.
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  1. To come to a stop; remain motionless.
  2. To go on enduring; put up with; bear; tolerate
  3. (Naut.) To take or hold a course
stomach
To tolerate; bear; endure
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  1. To tolerate; bear; endure
  2. A saclike muscular organ in vertebrate animals that stores and breaks down ingested food. Food enters the stomach from the esophagus and passes to the small intestine through the pylorus. Glands in the stomach secrete hydrochloric acid and the digestive enzyme pepsin.
  3. To be able to eat or digest
suffer
To put up with; tolerate:
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  1. To put up with; tolerate:
  2. To experience, undergo, or feel (something painful, injurious, or unpleasant):
  3. To undergo or experience (any process, esp. change)
support
To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to:
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  1. To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to:
  2. To give courage, faith, or confidence to; help or comfort
  3. To give approval to or be in favor of; subscribe to; uphold
sustain
To keep in existence; maintain, continue, or prolong:
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  1. To keep in existence; maintain, continue, or prolong:
  2. To support the spirits, vitality, or resolution of; encourage:
  3. To support or adequately maintain over a long period of time; (in court) to uphold; to rule in favor of; to corroborate. See also overrule. To support or adequately maintain over a long period of time; (in court) to uphold; to rule in favor of; to corroborate. See also overrule.
swallow
(Informal) To accept as true without question; receive gullibly
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  1. (Informal) To accept as true without question; receive gullibly
  2. To put up with (something unpleasant):
  3. To take in; absorb; engulf; envelop
take
To get hold of; grasp or catch
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  1. To get hold of; grasp or catch
  2. To understand or interpret:
  3. To accept or receive something:
tolerate
To refrain from interfering with or prohibiting (something undesirable or outside one's own practice or beliefs); allow or permit:
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  1. To refrain from interfering with or prohibiting (something undesirable or outside one's own practice or beliefs); allow or permit:
  2. To recognize and respect (others' beliefs, practices, etc.) without sharing them
  3. To bear, or put up with (someone or something not especially liked)
withstand
To resist or oppose with determined effort:
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  1. To resist or oppose with determined effort:
  2. To oppose, resist, or endure, esp. in a successful way
  3. To resist or endure (something) successfully.
lump
To treat or deal with in a mass, or include in one group
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  1. To treat or deal with in a mass, or include in one group
  2. (Informal) (like it or) lump it, to (willingly or) unwillingly have to put up with something disagreeable
  3. To put together in a single group without discrimination.
bide
To stay:
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  1. To stay:
  2. To await; wait for.
  3. To stay; continue
linger
To continue to live or exist although very close to death or the end
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  1. To continue to live or exist although very close to death or the end
  2. To pause or dwell (over or on something) in contemplation, deliberation, enjoyment, etc.
  3. To devote considerable time to something, especially in a leisurely fashion:
remain
To be left to be dealt with, done, said, etc.
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  1. To be left to be dealt with, done, said, etc.
  2. To continue to be in the same place; stay or stay behind:
  3. To stay while others go
stay
To suspend by legal order the implementation of (a planned action), especially pending further proceedings:
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  1. To suspend by legal order the implementation of (a planned action), especially pending further proceedings:
  2. To pause; tarry; wait; delay
  3. To remain or sojourn as a guest or lodger:
tarry
To delay or be late in going, coming, or doing something:
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  1. To delay or be late in going, coming, or doing something:
  2. To stay for a time, esp. longer than originally intended; remain temporarily
  3. To wait for; await.
wait
To remain or rest in expectation:
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  1. To remain or rest in expectation:
  2. To remain or be in readiness:
  3. To remain or stay in expectation of; await:
stick around
(Idiomatic) To stay; to linger; to remain.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To stay; to linger; to remain.
bide
To stay:
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  1. To stay:
  2. To wait; tarry.
  3. To stay; continue
linger
To continue to stay, esp. from a reluctance to leave
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  1. To continue to stay, esp. from a reluctance to leave
  2. To pause or dwell (over or on something) in contemplation, deliberation, enjoyment, etc.
  3. To devote considerable time to something, especially in a leisurely fashion:
pause
To hesitate:
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  1. To hesitate:
  2. To cease or suspend an action temporarily:
  3. To cease or suspend the action of temporarily; stop for an interim:
stay
To suspend by legal order the implementation of (a planned action), especially pending further proceedings:
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  1. To suspend by legal order the implementation of (a planned action), especially pending further proceedings:
  2. To brace or support with a stay or stays
  3. (Archaic) To wait for; await:
tarry
To delay or be late in going, coming, or doing something:
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  1. To delay or be late in going, coming, or doing something:
  2. To stay for a time, esp. longer than originally intended; remain temporarily
  3. To wait for; await.
wait
To remain or rest in expectation:
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  1. To remain or rest in expectation:
  2. To be a waiter or waitress at:
  3. To remain or stay in expectation of; await:
continue
To exist over a period; last:
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  1. To exist over a period; last:
  2. (Law) To postpone or adjourn to a later date
  3. To cause to remain or last; retain or maintain:
endure
To bear pain, etc. without flinching; hold out
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  1. To bear pain, etc. without flinching; hold out
  2. To continue in existence; last:
  3. To continue in existence; last; remain
hold out
(Idiomatic, usually with on) To withhold something.
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  1. (Idiomatic, usually with on) To withhold something.
  2. (Idiomatic) To survive, endure.
  3. To set something aside or save it for later.
last
To keep adequately supplied:
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  1. To keep adequately supplied:
  2. To continue in force or practice:
  3. After all others in chronology or sequence:
persist
To continue in existence; last:
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  1. To continue in existence; last:
  2. To refuse to give up, esp. when faced with opposition or difficulty; continue firmly or steadily
  3. To continue to exist or prevail; endure; remain
remain
To be left as still to be dealt with:
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  1. To be left as still to be dealt with:
  2. To be left after the removal, loss, passage, or destruction of others:
  3. To continue to exist; endure; persist; last
stay
To remain or sojourn as a guest or lodger:
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  1. To remain or sojourn as a guest or lodger:
  2. To be able to last through
  3. (Informal) To continue or endure; last
domicile
To reside; dwell.
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  1. To reside; dwell.
  2. To provide with often temporary lodging.
  3. To establish (oneself or another person) in a residence.
dwell
To exist in a given place or state:
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  1. To exist in a given place or state:
  2. To fasten one's attention on something, especially moodily or persistently:
  3. To live as a resident; reside.
house
To shelter, keep, or store in a house or other structure:
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  1. To shelter, keep, or store in a house or other structure:
  2. To reside; live
  3. To cover, harbor, or shelter by or as if by putting into a house
live
At, during, or from the time of actual occurrence or performance:
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  1. At, during, or from the time of actual occurrence or performance:
  2. To go through; experience:
  3. To pursue a positive, satisfying existence; enjoy life:
reside
To live in a place permanently or for an extended period.
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  1. To live in a place permanently or for an extended period.
  2. (Computers) To be located or stored:
  3. To dwell for a long time; have one's residence; live (in or at)
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  • I don't need to abide by the rules.

  • If the employee decides not to abide by the contract, he will surely lose his job.

  • The one thing my parents cannot abide is blatant disobedience.

  • If you abide by the guidelines, you are sure to succeed with the project.

  • The governor exhorted the townsmen to come to terms and offered to mediate; but they resolved to abide the contest.

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