Meaning of live with in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Verb

    live with

    Definitions

    1. tolerate or accommodate oneself to

    Examples

    • « I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions »
    • « I swallowed the insult »
    • « She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncracies »

    Derived terms

Famous quotes

  • « I live with some of my best friends from high school, very commune-like, in my house. It's my hippie way of life. »
    Alanis Morissette
  • « Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change where we are right, make us easy to live with. »
    Peter Marshall
  • « My dad and mom divorced when I was around ten, and I didn't live with him after that, though he was close by and we saw each other weekly. I wasn't really aware that he was a writer I didn't start reading his writing until I was about fifteen. It occurred to me then that my dad was kind of special he's still one of my favorite writers. »
    Andre Dubus III
  • « I've always chosen my band members based on their sense of humor. It might sound stupid, but it means not only are they fun to live with on a tour bus for years, but humor implies intelligence. »
    Kristin Hersh
  • « Ultimately, if you can say that I'm a bad owner and we're winning championships, I can live with that. But if we're not making the playoffs and we're spending and losing money, then I have to look in the mirror and say maybe I'm not taking the necessary steps to doing what it takes to run an organization. »
    Michael Jordan

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