Put Up With

Meaning of Idiom ‘Put Up With, someone or something’ (phrasal verb)

To put up with someone or something means to tolerate or endure without complaining. ¹

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Examples Of Use

“I’ve put up with your nonsense long enough. It’s time you found a new place to stay.”

“Sorry but I’m not going to your mother’s house for the holidays. I can’t put up with her yelling at my kids and criticizing everything I do.”

“I can’t believe you put up with such terrible working conditions for so long. No wonder you want to find a new job.”

Origin

Used since the mid-1700s. ²

More Idioms Starting with P

• Preaching to the Choir
• Play Cat and Mouse
• Page-Turner
• Play Hardball
• Pain in the Neck, a

More Put Idioms

• Put Your Foot Down
• Put the Pedal to the Metal
• Put in One’s Two Cents Worth
• Put Someone Out To Pasture
• Put Up Or Shut Up
• Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
• Put Someone Up

More Up Idioms

• Drive Someone Up the Wall
• Go Belly Up
• Get Your Dander Up
• Screw UP
• Jig is Up, the

 

References

1. Ammer, Christine. American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
2. Ammer, Christine. American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.