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bear with or bare with?
Bare with or bear with?
This is an idiomatic expression meaning "please wait" or "hold on", as in while I check that for you.
The correct spelling is bear with.
Bare means uncovered or naked, so bare with me would suggest something quite different from "please wait".
Spelling it bare would have an entirely different meaning. One you'd reserve for someone you'd like to get naked with.
Bonus: you can also bear something in mind, meaning to remember or be conscious of it. You can't bare in mind (unless your mind is naked).
Double bonus: to bear can also mean to tolerate or carry, as in "I can't bear this any longer". To bare, by contrast, means to expose or uncover (she bared her teeth). Same root, different meaning, and probably not what you mean when you ask someone to wait.
To help remember: unless you're talking about being naked, the correct word is bear.
Bear it in mind, and you won't make this one again.
Getting it wrong is pretty easy. It still makes you look stupid. Bear that in mind.