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

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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 suffering' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'and' could be 'with' and 'with' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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