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put up withto tolerate or endure something or someone annoying or unpleasant

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to tolerate or endure something or someone annoying or unpleasant

Pronunciation (IPA): /pʊt ʌp wɪð/

Korean meaning: 참다, 견디다, 용인하다

Korean pronunciation: **풋** **업** **위**드

Example Sentences

  • My roommate snores like a freight train, but I put up with it because he pays half the rent.
  • She puts up with her boss's terrible jokes because she needs the job.
  • I won't put up with being treated like a servant in my own house!

put up with

VERB

//pʊt ʌp wɪð//

to tolerate or endure something or someone annoying or unpleasant

put up with concept
💡 Concept

to tolerate or endure something or someone annoying or unpleasant

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put up with rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Can't put up with noise? Then shut up with me!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/pʊt ʌp wɪð/
🇬🇧 UK/pʊt ʌp wɪð/

🌳Etymology

Origin

17세기부터 사용된 구동사로, 'put up'(올리다, 세우다)와 'with'(함께)가 결합하여 '함께 올려놓고 견디다'라는 의미로 발전했습니다. 원래는 '~와 함께 머물다'는 뜻이었으나 점차 '참고 견디다'는 의미로 변화했습니다.

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🎵Rhyme

shut up withcut up with
shut up with
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📝Examples

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My roommate snores like a freight train, but I put up with it because he pays half the rent.

She puts up with her boss's terrible jokes because she needs the job.

I won't put up with being treated like a servant in my own house!

😄 Fun example

He puts up with his cat's 3 AM concert performances on the piano.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

tolerateendurebearstandsuffer

Antonyms

rejectrefuseoppose

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