bear up
(intr, adverb) to endure cheerfully
Words Nearby bear up
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How to use bear up in a sentence
Will our societies bear up under the lightning that is crashing down on them?
The utmost circumspection became necessary, and the young preacher had to bear up against much strife and opposition.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandBut when these flattering hopes vanished, did he, and did my mother bear up against so unexpected a calamity?
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoA courage of a quite exceptional temper must have been required to bear up under such a blow without any spur of personal vanity.
The Nabob | Alphonse DaudetShe could bear up against her suspense and agitation no longer; she rose, threw on her robe de nuit, and descended the stairs.
Newton Forster | Captain Frederick Marryat
We will give him two more broadsides with grape through his stern windows, and then bear up after that lumbering merchantman.
A Roving Commission | G. A. Henty
Other Idioms and Phrases with bear up
Endure, face a hardship, as in Jane found it hard to bear up under the strain of her father's illness. This term is also used as an imperative, as in Bear up—the trip's almost over. [c. 1600]
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