bear up

bear up
verb
endure cheerfully (Freq. 1)
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She bore up under the enormous strain

Hypernyms:
digest, ↑endure, ↑stick out, ↑stomach, ↑bear, ↑stand, ↑tolerate, ↑support, ↑brook, ↑abide, ↑suffer, ↑put up
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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REMAIN CHEERFUL, grin and bear it; cope, manage, get by, muddle through; informal hack it.
bear

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verb
Etymology: bear (IV)
: support, encourage : check from sinking, flagging, or becoming discouraged

aid that should bear them up

borne up in adversity by his faith

1. : to summon up courage, resolution, morale, or strength : find stamina to cope or resist

bearing up under the long strain

she bore up well during her convalescence

2. : to check a horse's head with a checkrein
3. : to put the helm to windward and so change the ship's course to leeward : take a leeward course

the ship bore up

4. : to keep pace

fain he would bear up with his neighbors in that — John Milton

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bear up
To keep up one's spirits
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Main Entry:bear

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ˌbear ˈup [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they bear up he/she/it bears up present participle bearing up past tense bore up past participle borne up] phrasal verb
to behave in a brave way in a very sad or difficult situation
bear up under:

Let’s see how he bears up under the pressure.

Thesaurus: to be patient, and to not complain too muchsynonym
Main entry: bear

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remain cheerful in the face of adversity

she's bearing up remarkably well

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bear up [phrasal verb]
: to not be overwhelmed during a time of trouble, pain, etc.

She's been going through a tough time, but she's bearing up pretty well.

— often + under

She has found it hard to bear up under the strain.

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Main Entry:bear

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