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.
bear with
| Idioms: bear with |
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Definition: tolerate
Antonyms: not bear, not tolerate
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