This English writing doubt pops up so frequently in our users’ community that we decided to write down a short post to make this issue clearer.

"Bear with" is a phrasal verb and a polite way of asking someone to be patient with someone or something (especially through difficulties),
eg. “Bear with me".

It goes without saying that "bear" can be both a verb (such as in our case), with dozens of meanings and a noun, identifying the massive omnivorous plantigrade mammal with a long shaggy coat and strong paws with sharp claws. If you have no idea what an “omnivorous plantigrade mammal” is, maybe this drawing will make things clearer.

Bear with me bare Yogi idiom frequent mistake English

“Bare with me” would sound like an invitation to get naked together and most likely is not what you want to write, unless you are planning to strip off and hoping someone else to do the same! As you can see by yourself it does not have any occurrence on Ludwig

Yogi ranger Yellowstone Ludwig Blogwig bare with me bear naked patience