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Be patient and share my burden (4,4,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bear with me

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'be patient' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'and share my burden' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'and' could be 'with' and 'with' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for bear with me that I've seen before include "Please wait a minute ..." , "Be patient (as I tell you something)" , "patience? - with 22a" , "Antigonus' plea" , "as Christopher Robin might have mentioned?" .)

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