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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Example Sentences

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

One of them is that visitors should "never try to photograph a bear up close".

From BBC • Sep. 26, 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

To bear up against nature’s indifference can be invigorating and also corrective.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2021

But I can’t bear up under the serum’s weight.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth