If someone in a position of authority will brook no interference or opposition, they will not accept any interference or opposition from others. From childhood on, she'd had a plan of action, one that would brook no interference = tolerate, allow. a small stream. not brook sth/brook no sth to not allow or accept something. Brook Farm Institute of Agriculture and Education brook trout Brook Sir Peter Stephen Paul
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"
(transitive verb.) 15th century. Middle English brouken to use, enjoy, from Old English brucan; akin to Old High German bruhhan to use, Latin frui to enjoy.