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bear down
English
- 🔊 exert a force or cause a strain upon“This tax bears down on the lower middle class”
- 🔊 pay special attention to“The lectures bore down on the political background”
- 🔊 exert full strength“The pitcher bore down”
- 🔊 contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
- 🔊 to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle“he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork”
- 🔊 exert a force with a heavy weight“The snow bore down on the roof”