bear with

British  

verb

1. (intr, preposition) to be patient with

   bear with me while I tell you my story

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bear with Idioms  

1. 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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Example Sentences

The fake videos included one in which an old woman fed apples to a bear, and another in which an unarmed high school student fended off a bear with her bare hands.

From Barron's

"I would say bear with us," he says.

From BBC

Recently, however, I once again came across a figure from the McCarthy era who did indeed notice, but bear with me as I slowly wend my way toward him.

From Salon

Bear with me for a couple of paragraphs while I set the stage.

From The Verge

Last July, a Montana man was seriously injured by a grizzly bear, and in September, a mother grizzly bear with cubs attacked a man.

From Seattle Times