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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bear with

He knew it was a bear, with pages and pages of lines, so he told her he’d have a teleprompter on set.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Dressed in thin, worn cotton clothes, Chandra says Delhi's summers have become harder to bear with each passing year.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Australia’s Qantas, for example, has scrapped its direct flight from Perth to London—one of the world’s longest flights—and has asked passengers to bear with a refueling stop in Singapore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

We may be a little rusty, so bear with us.

From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2026

Miss Trotter chuckled and said, “What do you get if you poke a bear with a stick?”

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia