Meaning of live with | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To share an abode as an unmarried partner in a sexual relationship.
   idiomatic, transitive
2. To regard as adequate or manageable although not entirely satisfactory; to accept; to tolerate.
   idiomatic, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

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

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

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

“Halsall responded: "We need⟳ to quietly recognise⟳ that we are no longer reacting to a pandemic, but living with one. [...]."”

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