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tolerate
verb as in allow, indulge
Strong matches
admit, authorize, bear, go, have, hear, humor, pocket, receive, sanction, stand, stomach, suffer, sustain, swallow, take, undergo
Weak matches
bear with, blink at, consent to, go along with, live with, put up with, sit and take it, sit still for, stay the course, string along, submit to, tough out, wink at
Example Sentences
These election results should send a powerful message to state and federal elected officials and the incoming Trump administration: Americans will not tolerate the trampling of their reproductive rights in blue, purple or red states.
“I hope this sends a real message to cities that taxpayers aren’t going to tolerate problems like homelessness and drug use and public intoxication, to just be ignored.”
“America was not going to tolerate the communist regime destroying our freedoms, ripping our borders wide open, trying to turn our kids trans and promoting abortion as reproductive rights,” she said.
Shortly after both of my cats died unexpectedly, I could barely tolerate the stillness in my apartment.
“Johnny always had these slightly risque jokes but had a great sense of what mainstream America would tolerate,” Leno says.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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