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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bear up

To bear up under the higher stress, the PDK’s clutches, gearsets and bevel gear have all been reinforced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

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

She noticed that her capacity to bear up under difficulty, to protect her boys, changed her sense of what was possible.

From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2019

“Do what you can to bear up, and think how invariably kind and tender you have been to her. I am in bed, not very well.”

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

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