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Synonyms for bear down
bear down
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Princeton's WordNet
drag down, bear down, bear down on, press down on, weigh downverb
exert a force with a heavy weight
"The snow bore down on the roof"
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charge, overbear, press down on, drag down, bear down on, weigh on, bear down upon, weigh downbear down, overbearverb
contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
Synonyms:
weigh down, drag down, bear down on, press down on, charge, overbearcharge, bear downverb
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
"he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"
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saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, weigh down, rouse, overbear, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, press down on, bear down on, blame, load, charge, commit, drag down, charge up, excite, lodge, sendbear downverb
exert full strength
"The pitcher bore down"
Synonyms:
weigh down, drag down, bear down on, press down on, charge, overbearbear downverb
pay special attention to
"The lectures bore down on the political background"
Synonyms:
weigh down, drag down, bear down on, press down on, charge, overbearbear downverb
exert a force or cause a strain upon
"This tax bears down on the lower middle class"
Synonyms:
weigh down, drag down, bear down on, press down on, charge, overbear
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#233 | send | |
#281 | file | |
#364 | level | |
#438 | point | |
#813 | bill | |
#1453 | charge | |
#2135 | load | |
#3496 | lodge | |
#4105 | commit | |
#5175 | shoot | |
#6303 | burden | |
#7199 | blame | |
#8285 | buck | |
#9356 | tear | |
#10771 | saddle | |
#12149 | appoint | |
#12803 | excite | |
#25600 | accuse | |
#29678 | rouse | |
#81532 | consign | |
#85968 | institutionalize | |
#86407 | agitate | |
#230878 | institutionalise |
How to use bear down in a sentence?
For our power play to come out and really bear down was obviously a big swing, theres momentum swings in playoff games every night. Every game is a new chapter in a series and tonight was a big win for us.
I felt comfortable, felt fine, felt strong, you know, just threw too many non-competitive pitches and some of those borderline calls were balls, just didn’t go my way, but not here to make excuses, I got to bear down and throw more strikes.
It is really important to bear down with the momentum because of Farkhunda.
No one wants to put a bear down, but when a bear is not afraid of humans or is approaching humans, that is a cause for concern.
The market has been shaken by the depth and breadth of the negativity coming out of the retailing stocks, the market is going to have to make an evaluation if this is going to be a one-time blip or is something that continues to bear down.
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