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Bear down

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, down.
  2. 2
    exert a force or cause a strain upon wordnet
  3. 3
    To steer away from the wind; to approach from windward.
  4. 4
    pay special attention to wordnet
  5. 5
    To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome. transitive
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  1. 6
    exert full strength wordnet
  2. 7
    To maintain one's position against (someone) in a debate; to stand one's ground against. obsolete, transitive

    "And they sayd unto her: thou arte mad. And she bare them doune that hit was even so."

  3. 8
    to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle wordnet
  4. 9
    To intensify one's efforts. intransitive

    "It's 9:41, 58 degrees, and I'm flunking out. Time to bear down."

  5. 10
    contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery wordnet
  6. 11
    To approach in a determined manner. intransitive, with-on

    "Huth headed wide inside two minutes, Andy Wilkinson blasted over from Shotton's cut-back and Jones was squeezed out when bearing down on goal."

  7. 12
    exert a force with a heavy weight wordnet
  8. 13
    To exert downward pressure on one's abdomen, as in giving birth, forcing out feces, and some similar bodily maneuvers. intransitive

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