BEAR DOWN

• (verb) exert a force or cause a strain upon

  "This tax bears down on the lower middle class"

• (verb) pay special attention to

  "The lectures bore down on the political background"

• (verb) exert full strength

  "The pitcher bore down"

• (verb) to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

  "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"

  synonyms : charge

• (verb) contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery

  synonyms : overbear

• (verb) exert a force with a heavy weight

  "The snow bore down on the roof"

  synonyms : bear down on , drag down , press down on , weigh down

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