bear up

British  

verb

1. (intr, adverb) to endure cheerfully

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bear up Idioms  

1. Endure, face a hardship, as in Jane found it hard to bear up under the strain of her father's illness. This term is also used as an imperative, as in Bear up—the trip's almost over. [c. 1600]

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bear up

Offsetting these gains are the continued tariffs, of which consumers could bear up to $100 billion of the cost, Evercore figures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026

"Was it because you had no answers to give to the police that would bear up to scrutiny?"

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2023

One study from a group of international economists estimates that high-income countries could bear up to half of the global economic losses arising from global vaccine inequity.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2022

Observing the bravery of the Ukrainian people makes us wonder how we’d bear up under similar circumstances.

From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2022

Having lost her courage, in a miserable state of demoralization, Meme had no other recourse but to bear up under it.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez