bear oneself

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bear oneself

verb bears oneself · bearing oneself · bore oneself · borne oneself

  1. idiomatic To behave and conduct oneself in a particular manner. 1940, Winston Churchill, 18 June 1940, in the British Parliament Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, This was their finest hour.

    Similar: carry oneself

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@misc{bear_oneself_2026,
  title = {bear oneself},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bear%20oneself},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}