learn the rule: bear with or bare with?

• Bare with or bear with?
• This is an idiomatic expression that means "please wait" or "hold on" [... while I check that for you.]
• People commonly spell the bear/bare word incorrectly.
• The correct spelling is bear with.
• Spelling it bare would have an entirely different meaning; you might use it with someone you'd like to get very friendly with (i.e., naked.)
• Bonus: you can also bear [something] in mind meaning to remember or be conscious of something. You can't bare in mind.
• Double bonus: to bear [something] means to tolerate or accept something. There's no verb to bare (i.e. make naked) something.
• To help remember, therefore, unless you're talking about being naked, the correct word is bear.
• Getting it wrong is pretty easy. It still makes you look stupid. Bear that in mind.