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View synonyms for bear out

bear out

verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to show to be true or truthful; confirm

    the witness will bear me out

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Back up or confirm, as in The results bear out what he predicted, or His story bears me out exactly. [Late 1400s]

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