bear up
— phrasal verb with bear uk/beər/us/ber/verb bore, borne or US also born
to deal with a very sad or difficult situation in a brave and determined way:
"How has she been since the funeral?" "Oh, she's bearing up."
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Coping and not coping
- balancing act
- be left holding the baby idiom
- bite
- bite off more than you can chew idiom
- buckle
- cut
- head
- hold
- keep the wolf from the door idiom
- keep your head above water idiom
- keep/hold your end up idiom
- live (from) hand to mouth idiom
- live to fight another day idiom
- manage
- roll
- stride
- subsist
- subsistence
- take sth in your stride idiom
- wolf
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