Usually means: Endure adversity with resilient spirit.
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  1. bear up: Merriam-Webster
  2. bear up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bear up: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. bear up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. bear up: Wiktionary
  7. bear up: Dictionary.com
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  9. bear up: FreeDictionary.org
  10. bear up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. bear up: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. Bear up: World Wide Words
  13. bear up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. bear up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (bear up)

verb:  (nautical) To sail close to the wind.
verb:  (idiomatic, intransitive) To endure hardship cheerfully or without complaining.
verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To support; to keep from falling or sinking.

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