bear with
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bear with
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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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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