bear with

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bear with (third-person singular simple present bears with, present participle bearing with, simple past bore with, past participle borne with)

  1. (idiomatic) To be patient with.
    Please bear with me a moment while I connect you to his office.

Usage notes[edit]

  • This phrase is typically followed by me. In British colloquial usage the word me may be implied: Just bear with a second.
  • Against the usual rules of English phrasal stress, the stressed word is with rather than bear.

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