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Verb abide has 2 senses
- bide, abide, stay - dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
--1 is one way to stay, stay on, continue, remain
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up - put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
--2 is one way to permit, allow, let, countenance
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot abide Sue
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