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pressed down

ADVERB

under

Synonyms

WEAK

beneath bottom concealed by covered by down downward held down inferior lower nether on the bottom on the nether side on the underside pinned supporting to the bottom underneath

Antonyms

WEAK

above higher major more over primary up upward

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Instead, she put on Bruce Springsteen's Streets Of Philadelphia, dialled up the keyboard's "synth strings" setting, and pressed down two keys.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

Forearms that felt like iron cannons pressed down on my back.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2024

The device pressed down with such force and grabbed so much that rocks became wedged around the rim of the lid.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

But from there, its base extends down another three miles to the seafloor—which is actually pressed down for an additional five miles by the massive mountain’s weight.

From Scientific American • Nov. 29, 2022

And the loss pressed down on her chest and came up into her throat.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison

pressed down

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