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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verbborne 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]
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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.