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Definition of Bear up
1. Verb. Endure cheerfully. "She bore up under the enormous strain"
Generic synonyms: Abide, Bear, Brook, Digest, Endure, Put Up, Stand, Stick Out, Stomach, Suffer, Support, Tolerate
Definition of Bear up
1. Verb. (nautical) To sail close to the wind. ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) To endure hardship cheerfully. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bear Up
Literary usage of Bear up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"Ef anything awful ever should—happen—you'll remember that I told you to bear up."
"Yes, I'll bear up." Then she clung to him trembling. "Oh, what is it, ..."
2. The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times by Edward Augustus Freeman (1892)
"But before that day it had to bear up against the might of Africa as it best
might, and to bear up single- handed. § 8. ..."
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