| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To put up with: abide, accept, bear, brook2, endure, go, stand (for), stomach, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, take, tolerate. Informal : lump2. Idioms: take it, take it lying down. See ACCEPT. 2. To oppose actively and with force: resist. Idioms: mount (or offer) resistance, put up a fight, stand up to (or against) . See RESIST.
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