bear sb/sth out
— phrasal verb with bear uk/beər/us/ber/verb bore, borne or US also born
to support the truth of something:
His version of events just isn't borne out by the facts.
If you tell them what happened I will bear you out (on it).
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Proving and disproving
- actions speak louder than words idiom
- attest
- authenticate
- back sb up
- bear witness (to sth) idiom
- belie
- catch
- colour
- do justice to yourself idiom
- documentary
- evidence
- explode
- explosion
- proof
- stick
- supportable
- testament
- the acid test
- the burden of proof idiom
- undocumented
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