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bear with

Verb

Meaning

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

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

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Bear with dignity what you cannot change. Seneca

O slavish man! will you not bear with your own brother, who has God for his Father, as being a son from the same stock, and of the same high descent? But if you chance to be placed in some superior station, will you presently set yourself up for a tyrant? Epictetus

Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours. Phillips Brooks

He that will have fire must bear with smoke. Dutch Proverb

He that will have eggs, must bear with cackling. Dutch Proverb

Bear with evil and expect good. French Proverb

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