"live with" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-live with.ogg [Australia] 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) To regard as adequate or manageable although not entirely satisfactory; to accept; to tolerate. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-live_with-en-verb-IHKX63ko Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (with)

Inflected forms

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