bear down

When the rains of racism descend, and its floods bear down, the house will fall.

But it is the rarest of occasions when legislators or journalists bear down on the experts.

History will bear down on her as it did on Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.

Longstreet's plan was to attack with all the vigor possible,—to (p. 282) bear down all opposition in the outset.

Signal was made to bear down on the enemy in two lines, and all sail was set, the Victory leading.

Signal was made to bear down upon the enemy in two lines; and the fleet set all sail.

Animating his followers by his voice, and his own example, Hawkeye then gave the word to bear down upon their foes.

The great will inclosed in his little body seemed to bear down hard upon her so as really to hurt.