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Press down

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see press, down.

    "Giue, and it shall bee giuen vnto you, good measure, preassed downe, and shaken together, and running ouer, shall men giue into your bosome: for with the same measure that ye mete withall, it shall bee measured to you againe."

  2. 2
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  3. 3
    To exert an oppressive influence. figuratively, intransitive

    "Or, as the same poet goes on, "when awful old age pressed down upon him, she put him away in an inner room of the house and shut the shining doors"."

  4. 4
    To press or push, especially for a long time.

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