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.