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(tr, adverb) to show to be true or truthful; confirmthe witness will bear me out

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How to use bear out in a sentence

If her plans bear out, Maynard will pass away surrounded by family on November 1st.
The Beautiful Newlywed Who Made the Right Change Its Mind on Physician-Assisted Death|Samantha Allen|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The culprit was a “highly protective” mother bear out foraging with her three cubs.
In Florida, Sprawling Humans Confront the Bears Who Lived There First|Jacqui Goddard|March 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As such, the choices in the show are provocative but occasionally bear out the old adage: Dying is easy, comedy is hard.
Can Art Be Funny?|Anthony Haden-Guest|March 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST
If the PrEP trials bear out, AIDS could join the hallowed club of diseases preventable by pill.
The End of Condoms?|David Kaufman|September 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Their gestures and manner of argument did not bear out the joyful tidings brought to the conclave by the Shahzada.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
There was more than one tradition in the berserker Scotch family to bear out the truth of it.
The Weight of the Crown|Fred M. White
This seems to bear out the common view of the Enharmonic as produced by the introduction of an 'accidental' or passing note.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro
He didn't see, or didn't mind, that his going away would bear out the wicked story!
The Girl From Keller's|Harold Bindloss
This may seem pitching it very high, but in our opinion, the poems will bear out the assertion.
Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography.|Solomon Maimon

Other Idioms and Phrases with bear out

bear out

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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