bear off

1. 1.

   remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state

   “Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands”

   “The car carried us off to the meeting”

   “I'll take you away on a holiday”

   “I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry”

   Synonymstake awaybear awaycarry awaycarry off

   Broaderremove

   Narrowerspirit awaywhisk off

Questions about bear off

What does bear off mean?

bear off means "remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state".

What is another word for bear off?

Close synonyms include take away, bear away, carry away, carry off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bear off a common word?

bear off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.