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over pressed

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I was on them, into them, and they broke back, being over-pressed.

Katherine sat down on the window-seat, and bending over pressed her forehead down on Edith's shoulder.

A colloquial phrase for being sorely over-pressed, by canvas or other cause.

Teachers are often too indifferent, careless, or over-pressed by work to come to the public library.

The creaking of masts, or timbers, when over-pressed, without any apparent external defect.

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On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to over pressed, such as: encourage, press, pressure, speed, spur, and browbeat.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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