B
Idioms beginning with "B"
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[bear a grudge] {v. phr.}
To persist in bearing ill feeling toward someone after a quarrel or period of hostility.
Come on, John, be a good sport and don't bear a grudge because I beat you at golf.
Contrast: [BURY THE HATCHET].
[bear down] {v.}
1. To press or push harder; work hard at; give full strength and attention.
She is bearing down in her studies to win a scholarship.
The baseball pitcher is bearing down.
The pitcher bore down on the star batter.
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[bear down on] or [upon] {v. phr.}
To draw constantly nearer with great speed and force.
The police cars were bearing down on the bank robbers' get-away car.
[bear fruit] {v. phr.}
To yield results.
We hope that the company's new investment policy will bear fruit.
[bear in the air] or [bear in the sky] {n. phr.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon}
A police helicopter flying overhead watching for speeders.
Slow down, good buddy, there's a bear in the air.
[bear out] {v.}
To show to be right; prove; support.
Modern findings do not bear out the old belief that the earth is flat.
Seward's faith in his purchase of Alaska was borne out, even though it was once called "Seward's Folly."