bear oneself

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bear oneself (third-person singular simple present bears oneself, present participle bearing oneself, simple past bore oneself, past participle borne oneself)

  1. (idiomatic) To behave and conduct oneself in such a manner that others will give one respect.
    • 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.

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