Synonyms

bear with

British

verb

(intr, preposition) to be patient with

bear with me while I tell you my story

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bear with Idioms

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.

Example Sentences

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Lean on me, hope in me, bear with me—trust me!.…

From Literature

“Bear with me, because that will take some time and obvious care, but I’m keen to get going on it,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

It's of a brown bear with big claws and a blonde woman in a green pinafore dress beside it.

From BBC

But bear with us as we talk you through it....

From BBC

Budweiser also came first for voters in USA Today’s annual Ad Meter popularity contest, followed by Lay’s portrait of a daughter taking over her family potato farm, Pepsi’s story of a CGI polar bear with a strong resemblance to Coca-Cola’s longtime mascots, Dunkin’s sitcom mashup and a Michelob Ultra commercial starring Kurt Russell and Olympic athletes.

From The Wall Street Journal

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