bear out

To show that a statement or belief is true by providing evidence.

• The facts bear out his story.
• New research has borne out our earlier findings.
• Will the results bear me out on this point?

How to use it: bear something out (The figures bear our prediction out.); bear someone out on something (The witness bore her out on the timing.)

Similar words: confirm, support, corroborate, substantiate

Opposites: disprove, contradict

Common phrases: bear out a claim, bear out a theory, bear someone out

To keep supporting or defending someone or something until the end.

• His friends bore him out.
• She bore the cause out despite growing opposition.
• Will you bear me out until this dispute ends?

How to use it: bear someone/something out (She promised to bear him out through every difficulty.)

Similar words: stand by, support, defend

Opposites: abandon

Common phrases: bear someone out, bear out a cause

To move suddenly toward the outside of a racing track.

• The horse bore out suddenly.
• My horse bears out on sharp turns.
• The jockey lost ground when his mount bore out near the bend.

Similar words: veer out, swerve outward

Common phrases: bear out sharply, bear out on turns