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

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

The fake videos included one in which an old woman fed apples to a bear, and another in which an unarmed high school student fended off a bear with her bare hands.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

But there was an intriguing undertow below all this that wasn’t readily discernible; bear with me for a minute while we work through it.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2025

Layla shook a raggedy teddy bear with a rattle in its stomach at Aaron and glanced up at her.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake