live with

English

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Verb

live with (third-person singular simple present lives with, present participle living with, simple past and past participle lived with)

1. (idiomatic) To regard as adequate or manageable although not entirely satisfactory; to accept; to tolerate.
   • 1954 July 16, "Smith Is Ready to Enter Negotiations at Geneva," Spokane Daily Chronicle, p. 2 (retrieved 23 July 2011):

     France's final terms for an Indochina settlement would be terms which the United States can live with.

   • 2000 Nov. 6, Matt Rees, "Mideast Cease-Fire: 'Peres Is Not Very Hopeful'," Time:

     Israelis don't like the rioting and Molotov cocktails, but they can live with it.

   • 2011 April 8, Neal P. McCluskey, "Business Success Is Easier," New York Times (retrieved 23 July 2011):

     In school systems, leaders have to live with collectivist ideals, which very often get in the way of meaningful and necessary change.

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• See also Thesaurus:tolerate