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
To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer
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"