Thesaurus / bear down on
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synonyms for bear down on
- load
- pile
- overload
- freight
- saddle
- afflict
- overwhelm
- tax
- strain
- obligate
- hamper
- worry
- depress
- weight
- snow
- vex
- crush
- hinder
- handicap
- cumber
- overcharge
- burden
- press
- trouble
- bother
- try
- encumber
- impede
- oppress
- dish out
- weigh down
- dish it out
- dump on
- give it to
- make heavy
- saddle with
- snow under
- stick it to
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antonyms for bear down on
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- forward
- advance
- please
- make happy
- promote
- encourage
- allow
- help
- delight
- further
- facilitate
- permit
- assist
- soothe
- release
- comfort
- aid
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How to use bear down on in a sentence
Then there was Wee Wo,—he was a little Chinese chap, and we used to send him down the chimneys to open front doors for us.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLThe bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMANHis wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINSo he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENDo not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSMany British Ferns evidence a marked tendency to “sport,” and this is a fact which the beginner should always bear in mind.
HOW TO KNOW THE FERNSS. LEONARD BASTINThe bear laughed and joined his companion, and the torpedo thundered away.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEThe two women had no intention of bathing; they had just strolled down to the beach for a walk and to be alone and near the water.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINBut, when the car came thundering down, it was crammed to the step; with a melancholy gesture, the driver declined her signal.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTWORDS RELATED TO BEAR DOWN ON
- afflicting
- bearing down on
- bothering
- crushing
- cumbering
- depressing
- dishing it out
- dishing out
- dumping on
- encumbering
- giving it to
- hampering
- handicapping
- hindering
- impeding
- lading
- loading
- making heavy
- obligating
- oppressing
- overcharging
- overloading
- overwhelming
- piling
- pressing
- saddling with
- snow under
- snowing
- sticking it to
- straining
- taxing
- troubling
- trying
- vexing
- weighing down
- worrying
- afflicts
- bears down on
- bothers
- crushes
- cumbers
- depresses
- dishes it out
- dishes out
- dumps on
- encumbers
- gives it to
- hampers
- handicaps
- hinders
- impedes
- lades
- loads
- makes heavy
- obligates
- oppresses
- overcharges
- overloads
- overwhelms
- piles
- presses
- saddles with
- snow under
- snows
- sticks it to
- strains
- taxes
- tries
- troubles
- vexes
- weighs down
- worries
- afflict
- bear down on
- bother
- burden
- crush
- cumber
- depress
- dish it out
- dish out
- dump on
- encumber
- freight
- give it to
- hamper
- handicap
- hinder
- impede
- load
- make heavy
- obligate
- oppress
- overcharge
- overload
- overwhelm
- pile
- press
- saddle
- saddle with
- snow
- snow under
- stick it to
- strain
- tax
- trouble
- try
- vex
- weigh down
- weight
- worry
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.