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Verb: bear up
  1. Endure cheerfully
    "She bore up under the enormous strain"

Derived forms: borne up, bearing up, bears up, bore up

Type of: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate

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bear paw
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bear witness
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bearberry willow
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beard
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beard moss
beard worm