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bear hard on

VERB

force

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cause charge compel demand drag drive impose inflict limit make move oblige order press pressure require restrict urge

STRONG

apply bind blackmail burden choke coerce command concuss conscript constrain contract draft dragoon enforce enjoin exact extort fix impel impress insist necessitate obtrude occasion overcome pressurize sandbag shotgun strong-arm wrest wring

WEAK

bear down bring pressure to bear upon pin down put screws to put squeeze on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

check disallow discourage dissuade free halt leave alone let go prevent release stop

STRONG

aid allow forget give help neglect permit

WEAK

surrender yield

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At a Washington concert a Congressman from Alabama rose in the midst of one of Ole's improvisations and shouted: "None of your highfalutin, but give us Hail Columbia, and bear hard on the treble!"

From Time Magazine Archive

"If a puff brings the boat up into the wind, then the wind don't bear hard on the sail, and it won't upset the boat."

From All Adrift or The Goldwing Club by Optic, Oliver

"I wish, indeed," said Mrs. Allerton, "that some of those influential persons would be so public-spirited as to set the example of dispensing with all customs that bear hard on people in narrow circumstances."

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza

These men bear hard on the suspected party.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

They had retreated, leaving their instruments—a circumstance which seemed to bear hard on the Duke of Buckingham, their patron.

From Peveril of the Peak by Scott, Walter, Sir

bear hard on

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