Bear-down synonyms

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charge
To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
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overbear
To push through by physical weight or strength; to overwhelm, overcome. [from 16th c.]
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drag down
To cause (other people or another person) to suffer the same fate.
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bear-down-on
To approach someone in a very determined way.
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press down on
exert a force with a heavy weight
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weigh down
exert a force with a heavy weight
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downbear
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Bear-down Sentence Examples

  • A pair of old wooden hulks bear down upon a defenseless slug!

  • The emperor decided to bear down Blucher's centre and right with the corps of Vandamme and Gerard and with Girard's division which he had drawn into his operations, containing the Prussian left meanwhile with the squadrons of Pajol and Exelmans, assisted by a few infantry.

  • When he had already achieved some important successes over Jugurtha (q.v.), in 107 he was elected consul for the first time (an almost unheard-of honour for a "new man"), his popularity with the army and people being sufficient to bear down all opposition.

  • It may be harder for a woman to bear down when it comes time to push, although the amount of anesthesia can be adjusted as this stage nears.

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