bear with

verb

1. (intr, preposition) to be patient with

   bear with me while I tell you my story

Idioms and Phrases

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.

Example Sentences

It will take a bit of explaining, so please bear with me.

From BBC

“He said, ‘Bear with me — it’s all going to be all right,’” Bonneville recalls.

From Los Angeles Times

Sikich, the wildlife biologist, noted another bear with a large travel range: BB-12, a 4-year-old male who roamed 138 square miles over three months in 2023 before being struck and killed by a vehicle on the 101 Freeway.

From Los Angeles Times

Another shows Miss Piggy in the arms of a tall Fozzie Bear, with a sign in one corner saying “Coldplay’s Caught-in-the-Act Cam.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Watching Season 2 of ‘The Bear’ with my mom was wrong because all she talks about is Claire’s ‘almost unibrow’ and how she needs to wax her eyebrows,” tweets @yung_bratty.

From Salon