Make
Tolerate
Tolerate verb - To fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- She must have some redeeming qualities that make the other characters tolerate her; don't make her an absolute ass to other characters just because.
- However, Vimes has been known to make similar comments, but they tolerate it from him because they know that when things get dicey Vimes has their back, where Fred is a usually-Lovable Coward.
Source: Noble Bigot with a Badge - In this case, she couldn't permanently kill him but she did make sure he knew she wouldn't tolerate him trying to come back.
Source: Make Sure He's Dead
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