wear

wear (something)

slang To accept, tolerate, or endure something. Primarily heard in UK. The boss indicated that he would not be willing to wear the deal if it did not include provisions for his staff. I guess we'll just have to wear the decision for now. I know you don't like working weekends, but you'll just have to wear it until our financial situation improves.
See also: wear
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

wear

tv. to tolerate something. (Usually negative.) That’s no good. I won’t wear it.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • a long face, to wear/draw/pull
  • all the worse for wear
  • be all the worse for wear
  • constant dripping wears away a stone
  • Constant dropping wears away a stone
  • he wears a $10 hat on a five-cent head
  • He wears a ten-dollar hat on a five-cent head
  • heavy hangs the head that wears a/the crown
  • I don't want to wear out my welcome
  • if the cap fits
  • if the cap fits(, wear it)
  • if the cap fits, wear it
  • if the hat fits(, wear it)
  • if the shoe fits(, wear it)
  • if the shoe fits, wear it
  • It is better to wear out than to rust out
  • none the worse for wear
  • put on sackcloth and ashes
  • put on, wear, etc. sackcloth and ashes
  • put wear (and tear) on (something)
  • put wear on
  • the worse for wear
  • uneasy is the head that wears a/the crown
  • Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
  • uneasy lies the head that wears a/the crown
  • wash-and-wear
  • wear
  • wear (one) to a frazzle
  • wear (one's particular profession's) hat
  • wear (one's) apron high
  • wear (one's) fingers to the bone
  • wear (one's) heart on (one's) sleeve
  • wear (one's) years well
  • wear (oneself) to a frazzle
  • wear (oneself) to a shadow
  • wear (something)
  • wear (something) as a badge of honor
  • wear (something) on (one's) sleeve
  • wear a different hat
  • wear a wire
  • wear and tear
  • wear and tear on (something)
  • wear another hat
  • wear away
  • wear away at
  • wear away at (someone or something)
  • wear down
  • wear heart on sleeve
  • wear in
  • wear more than one hat
  • wear motley
  • wear nothing but a smile
  • wear off
  • wear off )
  • wear on
  • wear one's heart on one's sleeve
  • wear one's heart on one's sleeve, to
  • wear out
  • wear out (one's) welcome
  • wear out one's welcome
  • wear out one's welcome, to
  • wear out welcome
  • wear rose-colored glasses
  • wear sackcloth and ashes
  • wear several hats
  • wear the
  • wear the britches
  • wear the bull's feather
  • wear the cap and bells
  • wear the green willow
  • wear the horns
  • wear the pants
  • wear the pants in the house
  • wear the pants in the/(one's) family
  • wear the pants in the/(one's) house
  • wear the pants, to
  • wear the trousers
  • wear the willow
  • wear thin
  • wear through
  • wear to a frazzle
  • wear too many hats
  • wear two hats
  • wear two hats (more than one hat), to
  • wear well
  • wear your heart on your sleeve
  • wear yourself to a frazzle
  • wear yourself to a shadow
  • Who wears the trousers?
  • worn up
  • worse for wear
  • your mother wears army boots
References in classic literature
A cross is the last thing I would wear as a trinket." Dorothea shuddered slightly.
"Then you will think it wicked in me to wear it," said Celia, uneasily.
"But how can I wear ornaments if you, who are the elder sister, will never wear them?"
"Nay, Celia, that is too much to ask, that I should wear trinkets to keep you in countenance.
"Shall you wear them in company?" said Celia, who was watching her with real curiosity as to what she would do.
Well, he is, so you need n't laugh, for we 've made all our plans," said Maud with comical dignity as she tried the effect of an old white bonnet, wondering if farmers' wives could wear ostrich feathers when they went to meeting.
"Well," says the other, "I shall wear my plum-colored body to the Jones', with a yellow plastron; and they've got some lovely gloves at Puttick's, only one and eleven pence."
Everyone wears them; even babies have stiffened waists to support their weak little backs," began Mrs.
"Mercy on us, these things are like the night-drawers Jamie wears! You don't mean to say you want Rose to come out in this costume?
But, if you will stop to think, you will realize that a princess is sure to wear holes in her stockings, the same as other people; only it isn't considered quite polite to mention the matter.)
For the Princess Langwidere is a different person every time I see her, and the only way her subjects can recognize her at all is by means of a beautiful ruby key which she always wears on a chain attached to her left wrist.
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People will pay enough attention while driving their bikes if they wear helmet.
In his succeeding briefings, he would either wear a coat and tie or a barong tagalog.
The type of event will dictate heavily what you should wear. The key to finding out everything about how the night will run will be on the invitation.