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View synonyms for bear with

bear with

verb

  1. intr, preposition to be patient with

    bear with me while I tell you my story



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Idioms and Phrases

Put up with, make allowance for, as in He'll just have to bear with them until they decide . Nicholas Udall used this term in Ralph Roister Doister (c. 1553): “The heart of a man should more honour win by bearing with a woman.” It may also be used as an imperative, as in Bear with me—I'm getting to the point .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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