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bear down
verb
to press or weigh down
to approach in a determined or threatening manner
(of a vessel) to make an approach (to another vessel, obstacle, etc) from windward
(of a woman during childbirth) to exert a voluntary muscular pressure to assist delivery
Idioms and Phrases
Press or weigh down on someone or something. For example, This pen doesn't write unless you bear down hard on it . [Late 1600s]
Try hard, intensify one's efforts, as in If you'll just bear down, you'll pass the test .
Move forward in a pressing or threatening way, as in The ferry bore down on our little skiff . This usage was originally nautical. [Early 1700s]
Example Sentences
“You are bearing down on people of color because of their color,” Young said.
He struggles to describe the relief he felt seeing the bright orange boat bearing down on him.
The Home Office said it was trying to bear down on the numbers by reducing the time asylum seekers can appeal against decisions.
Time is not bearing down on Alfie in quite the same way, but Mahaffy makes us believe that the character is running out of hope.
With the 2 May deadline bearing down, the 36-year-old last month rushed in some $400 worth of items from Shein - including stickers, T-shirts, sweatshirts, Mother's Days gifts and 20 tubes of liquid eyeliner.
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