bear with

British  

verb

1. (intr, preposition) to be patient with

   bear with me while I tell you my story

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bear with Idioms  

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

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

What if, and bear with me here, the wild gyrations in gold and silver prices are actually telling us something?

From The Wall Street Journal

“My goal”—she places her hands on the table—“is to find your mom and to understand what happened with her. I want to get you and your little sister back with family, if that’s at all possible. So, bear with me while I gather information, okay?”

From Literature