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bear up

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(thing) by cobalt (3.2 y) (print)   ?   I like it! Wed Apr 03 2002 at 2:25:31

A nautical term, possibly archaic, meaning to sail with the wind.

"but still bear up and steer" -- Milton, Sonnet XXII.


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