"live with" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-live with.ogg Forms: lives with [present, singular, third-person], living with [participle, present], lived with [participle, past], lived with [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} live with (third-person singular simple present lives with, present participle living with, simple past and past participle lived with)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To share an abode as an unmarried partner in a sexual relationship. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-live_with-en-verb-Ssifos53
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To regard as adequate or manageable although not entirely satisfactory; to accept; to tolerate. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-live_with-en-verb-IHKX63ko Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "with", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "with": 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2000 November 6, Matt Rees, “Mideast Cease-Fire: 'Peres Is Not Very Hopeful'”, in Time:",
          "text": "Israelis don't like the rioting and Molotov cocktails, but they can live with it.",
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          "ref": "2021 November 3, Stefanie Foster, “Network News: Companies can make a difference to mental wellbeing”, in RAIL, number 943, page 23:",
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