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Grammar fix

bear with

be patient with

to stay patient and not get annoyed while someone is doing something slowly or making mistakes.

phrasal verbB1common

Hear it in context

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

  • Could you please bear with me while I find your file?daily life
  • In my last job, I often had to ask customers to bear with me when our system was down.IELTS speaking

Fix the pattern

Pattern: bear with + someone

WrongPlease bear with my late reply.

RightPlease bear with me — sorry for the late reply.

'Bear with' takes a person ('bear with me'), not a thing.

Patternbear with + someone

Use it right

Choose the version that sounds natural in speech.

Stiff Kindly exercise patience while I retrieve the file.

Natural Bear with me a sec while I find it.

'Exercise patience while I retrieve' is over-formal; 'bear with me' is the natural request.

Build natural chunks

Words that usually travel with it.

  • bear with + person
    meusme a momentthanks for

Don't confuse it

Not the same as 'put up with', which means to tolerate something unpleasant over time.

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