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  • as inburden
  • as inlade

synonyms for bear down on

  • afflict
  • bother
  • depress
  • encumber
  • hamper
  • handicap
  • hinder
  • lade
  • oppress
  • overload
  • overwhelm
  • weigh down
  • crush
  • cumber
  • impede
  • load
  • obligate
  • overcharge
  • pile
  • press
  • snow
  • strain
  • tax
  • trouble
  • try
  • vex
  • worry
  • dish it out
  • dish out
  • dump on
  • give it to
  • make heavy
  • saddle with
  • snow under
  • stick it to

antonyms for bear down on

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  • aid
  • allow
  • assist
  • cheer
  • comfort
  • delight
  • encourage
  • further
  • help
  • make happy
  • permit
  • please
  • promote
  • release
  • soothe
  • unburden
  • relieve
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How to use bear down on in a sentence

The 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 STEDMAN
His 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 CHOPIN
So he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN
Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
Many 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 BASTIN
The bear laughed and joined his companion, and the torpedo thundered away.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKE
The 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 CHOPIN
But, when the car came thundering down, it was crammed to the step; with a melancholy gesture, the driver declined her signal.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETT
As Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.
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