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bear off

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bear off (of something)
to turn off a road or course. Bear off the main road to the left. Don't bear off too sharply.
See also: bear
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If it should prove American, M'Tavish would have a fair start, and could bear off his rich cargo to the interior.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
When it began to splutter and steam, he regarded it as a challenge, and would want to fight it, only, at that precise moment, some one would always dash up and bear off his prey before he could get at it.
Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog) by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
Contrary to the high and chivalrous sentiment, which among the Indians of the prairies renders it a deed of even greater merit to bear off the trophy of victory from a fallen foe, than to slay him, he had been remarkable for preferring the pleasure of destroying life, to the glory of striking the dead.
The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
 
 
 
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