Brook
Brook verb - To put up with (something painful or difficult).
Usage example: I will not brook insults from my own employees
Stand is a synonym for brook in tolerate topic. In some cases you can use "Stand" instead a verb "Brook", when it comes to topics like allow, accept, endure, bear. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Mel Brook's History of the World Part I features a lot of Borscht Belt style comedy, including a sequence where Brooks plays a stand-up comedian in ancient Rome.
Source: Borscht Belt
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