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bear-up

Verb

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

  1. (nautical) To sail close to the wind.
  2. (idiomatic) To endure hardship cheerfully.

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Also Mentioned In


  • bear-walker
  • ursus
  • bearling
  • bring-to-bear
  • average-bear
  • bear-whelp
  • beardom
  • ursus-arctos
  • bearlike
  • ursus-maritimus

Words near bear-up in the dictionary


  • bear-the-scars
  • bear trap
  • bear-trap
  • bear-traps
  • bear-up
  • bear-upon
  • bear-walker
  • bear-whelp
  • bear with
  • bear-with

Synonyms

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  • withstand
  • persevere
  • carry on
  • endure
  • bear

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