Tolerate lead actor's method because they carry it off (4,4)

I believe the answer is:

bear away

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'because they carry it off' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.

'tolerate lead actor's method' is the wordplay.
'tolerate' becomes 'bear' (synonyms).
'lead' says to put letters next to each other.
'actor's' becomes 'a' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'method' becomes 'way' (way of doing something).
'bear'+'a'+'way'='BEAR AWAY'

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I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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