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Julia Huong
2022-01-15 10:01
Bear off phrasal verb informal
To carry someone or something away.
The car bore us off to the meeting.
To control the boat to avoid the direction of the wind (in sailing).
A good skipper knows his boat and how to bear off when the wind is so strong.
To control the boat to avoid obstacles (in sailing).
We are trying to bear off rocks; otherwise, my boat can be smashed to pieces on the rocks.
Used to say that someone clears a checker off the board (in backgammon).
When we played backgammon, my sister bore off her checkers.
To veer off of a road.
Bear off of a road and drive on the inside lane to the right.
Used when somebody doesn't treat a situation seriously, especially in order to cheat somebody else and get what they want
Used to indicate a vehicle (boat or canoe) moves quickly through the river which flows very fast, usually over rocks or the rapids
Sailing is so risky and dangerous that anyone who does it for fun must be insane.
Used when two rivals or teams in a competition or game have the same score, and neither side is the winner
1. A game in which you put your hand into a box contains a lot of small prizes and choose one without looking.
2. Any procedure or approach in which the outcome is selected or chosen at random or without certainty.
3. Including a random selection process.
The verb "bear" should be conjugated according to its tense.
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