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What is another word for
bear down on
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(
of a button on a device or machine
)
To press down on
To move directly towards someone or something in a purposeful or intimidating manner
To put a damper on one's mood or enthusiasm
To place a heavy weight, load or burden on
To concentrate or direct one's view or attention onto something
To forcefully or violently subdue (opposition or a rebellion)
To compel or demand using force or bullying tactics
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Verb
▲
(
of a button on a device or machine
)
To press down on
press
depress
thrust
press down
push down
lean on
shove
push
ram
hold down
exert pressure on
weigh on
weigh upon
hit
nudge
squeeze
tap
poke
strike
hold
force
move
squash
jam
level
thumb
flatten
downbear
move downward
smush
smoosh
bear heavily
wedge
pin
tack
compress
pack
force down
pinion
bear down
pin down
cram
mash
touch
drive
jab
squish
bump
propel
impel
bulldoze
jostle
shoot
heave
plunge
budge
hustle
bundle
steamroll
prod
bore
knock
manhandle
rush
elbow
shift
boost
crash
butt
railroad
jolt
bull
jam on
send
stick
shoulder
muscle
sweep
move forward
push aside
crush against
press on
launch into
push hard
strong-arm
rest on
push forward
set in motion
put in motion
more ❯
“As the hurricane approached, the strong winds began to
bear down on
the coast, causing trees to sway and press down on rooftops.”
Verb
▲
To move directly towards someone or something in a purposeful or intimidating manner
approach
accost
charge
assail
attack
close in on
converge on
come close to
move in on
draw near
advance on
draw near to
draw nearer to
fall upon
set upon
come closer to
move closer to
move close to
set about
tear into
let fly at
march on
reach
border
near
come within reach of
go up to
come near to
creep up on
close
verge on
verge upon
move towards
nigh
advance
move toward
gain on
come up to
converge
draw on
touch on
belly up
surround
verge
close in
come towards
draw up to
border on
come up
creep up
come near
come to
arrive
advance towards
move in
come nearer
roll up
edge nearer
move near
come
come closer
get nearer to
edge near
approximate to
draw closer
get near to
go near
go nearer
go close
get closer to
go towards
close to
get close to
loom
loom up
go closer
come close
move nearer
draw close
draw nearer
descend on
nudge
approximate
touch
resemble
be not a million miles away from
compare with
be like
correspond to
be comparable to
stack up against
be near to
threaten
be similar to
amount to
be almost
be close to
match
add up to
equal
get on for
measure up to
progress toward
focus on
lead up to
come at
center on
US
arrive at
go toward
proceed towards
make for
centre on
UK
head for
come on to
rival
parallel
be on a par with
hold a candle to
be not unlike
be not dissimilar to
be in the same league as
be in the same class as
emulate
compete
compare
match up to
be the equal of
equal roughly
be tantamount to
stack up with
challenge
be verging on
keep up with
stand the test
measure up
keep pace with
stand the pace
lean
move
correlate
incline
trench
neighbour
UK
neighbor
US
relate
equate
incline towards
incline to
link
beat
better
tend towards
lean towards
gravitate toward
tend to
standardise
UK
vie
connect
standardize
US
brink on
trend towards
be not far from
be on the edge
butt on
be more or less
move on
measure up with
compete with
measure up against
get near
be not a million miles from
be as good as
bring near
bear comparison
be on a level with
be nearly as good as
distinguish between
show correspondence
put alongside
bear comparison with
tie with
be a match for
be on an equal footing with
more ❯
“Alone or in clusters, attackers
bear down on
him at breakneck speed, their razor-sharp blades ripping into the white ice.”
Verb
▲
To put a damper on one's mood or enthusiasm
dull
dampen
depress
crush
dispirit
sap
ail
break
deject
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
dishearten
dismay
lower
overwhelm
subjugate
suppress
trouble
daunt
devitalize
discourage
oppress
sadden
shake
upset
bother
chagrin
debilitate
defeat
distress
humble
overcome
perturb
weary
beat down
bum out
cast down
damp down
weigh down
cast a pall over
desolate
grieve
chill
try
afflict
torment
haunt
harrow
dash
drain
burden
disturb
aggrieve
mortify
bug
dampen spirits
hang over
faze
cow
throw cold water on
beat
cast a gloom upon
drag
pour cold water on
turn off
knock the stuffing out of
darken
make someone's heart bleed
run down
make someone fed up
abase
make gloomy
make desolate
knock sideways
break someone's spirit
give someone the blues
break someone's heart
bring tears to your eyes
make unhappy
damp
bear down
cause suffering to
knock for six
harsh someone's mellow
make despondent
enervate
reduce to tears
weigh heavily on
make sad
make one's heart bleed
get down
keep under
dash hopes
worry
hurt
vex
plague
bring down
pain
agonize
US
beset
harass
nag
agonise
UK
gnaw at
prey on
lie heavy on
put a damper on
wound
sting
devastate
press
shatter
stress
gall
strain
tax
obsess
burn up
break the heart of
break one's heart
make blue
drag down
make miserable
put into a funk
be a burden on
be a burden to
take over
take control of
floor
press down on
weigh
tire
dampen someone's spirit
dash the hopes of
inconvenience
prey on your mind
deplore
down
incommode
bedevil
overcharge
take the heart out of
torture
abash
deflate
flatten
concern
preoccupy
squash
disconcert
irk
agitate
castrate
geld
cause trouble to
pester
discompose
discommode
petrify
cast a gloom on
annoy
get to
exasperate
nark
cause anguish to
fret
rile
make wretched
irritate
rack
weigh on
shame
dump
dish it out
give it to
dish out
stick it to
displease
hack off
chasten
cut to the quick
lobotomize
injure
desiccate
dehydrate
deaden
psych out
deter
hit hard
cloud
blanket
stamp out
cast a shadow over
more ❯
Verb
▲
To place a heavy weight, load or burden on
lade
load
burden
encumber
saddle
weight
laden
lumber
overload
snow
top
dump on
weigh down
snow under
pile it on
overwhelm
trammel
strain
pile
freight
yoke
hamper
crush
charge
handicap
cumber
hinder
overburden
impede
saddle with
make heavy
tax
overtax
oppress
overstretch
overstrain
impose
exhaust
weigh
land
task
overfill
overcharge
trouble
overreach
inflict
entrust
test
obstruct
push
overstress
weary
overtask
impose on
overwork
overextend
dump something on someone
overdo it
push to the limit
add weight to
pressure
worry
thrust
surfeit
dump
stress
retard
thrust something on
surcharge
overdo
inflict something on
fob something off on to
ballast
put too much in
impose upon
land with
make heavier
apply
exact
press
place
assess
fine
levy
prey on
put
vest
lay
exert
hold down
weigh upon
bear down
press down
pull down
load down
extend
tire
stretch
overexert
drive
rack
knacker
fatigue
wrench
try
tense
distend
weaken
tighten
wear out
exert excessively
drive too far
make too many demands on
work too hard
run yourself into the ground
work oneself into the ground
exert to the limit
knock oneself out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To concentrate or direct one's view or attention onto something
home in
focus
pinpoint
point
aim
zero in
zoom in
take aim
narrow down
concentrate
zoom
magnify
focus in
fixate
address
consider
deliberate
fix
contemplate
focalize
mind
center
US
heed
focalise
emphasize
US
centralize
US
refocus
spotlight
pay attention to
fix attention
take aim at
knuckle down to
turn to
hyperfocus
put mind to
get down to
give attention to
occupy thoughts
address oneself to
key on
attend to
fixate on
give attention
brood over
centre
UK
hone in
centralise
UK
zero in on
direct attention
obsess over
hone in on
home in on
emphasise
UK
consider closely
Verb
▲
To forcefully or violently subdue (opposition or a rebellion)
oppress
crush
overcome
quell
crack down on
overpower
quash
subdue
suppress
extinguish
overwhelm
squash
vanquish
defeat
put down
repress
devastate
floor
overmaster
prostrate
silence
squelch
swamp
whelm
wreck
break
conquer
obliterate
ruin
ice
kill
quelch
reduce
strangle
subordinate
tread
grind down
slap down
snow under
blow away
snuff out
stamp out
clamp down on
blot out
force down
put an end to
put a stop to
tread on
bring someone to their knees
bring to heel
bring under the yoke
put the squeeze on
subjugate
destroy
annihilate
demolish
check
shatter
flatten
smash
trample
stop
curb
end
wipe out
abolish
pulverize
US
stifle
squish
total
scrunch
trash
compress
mash
pulverise
UK
eradicate
press
terminate
eliminate
raze
nip in the bud
waste
desolate
inhibit
cream
quench
extirpate
thwart
stamp on
decimate
beat
vaporize
US
clobber
arrest
get rid of
break up
exterminate
halt
nuke
wrack
vaporise
UK
hinder
rout
put the kibosh on
erase
squeeze
frustrate
expunge
deaden
pulp
compact
put the lid on
upset
constrain
bust
damage
spoil
scotch
overthrow
tramp
stun
ravage
liquidate
knock for six
disrupt
pound
shush
remove
sit on
press down
control
restrain
finish
demoralize
US
put out
fragment
impede
muffle
fracture
demoralise
UK
crack
stem
cancel
level
restrict
disintegrate
master
splinter
desecrate
stamp
gut
efface
traumatize
US
smother
burst
knock sideways
hamper
prevent
bulldoze
knock the stuffing out of
torpedo
grind
leave in ruins
lay waste
tamp down
rive
leave desolate
step on
block out
mute
weed out
trample on
rein in
tramp on
distress
tear down
shut down
pull down
rub out
gain mastery over
knock down
walk all over
bust up
wipe from the face of the earth
wipe off the map
make mincemeat of
shock
daze
cow
disturb
mangle
crunch
traumatise
UK
overturn
overrun
bury
impair
discontinue
hammer
spike
dominate
run over
split
stomp
tame
dismember
blow
gag
dismantle
crack down
get to
shiver
lick
cut off
stomp on
trample down
gain control of
do in
gain ascendancy over
break down
interfere with
blow up
raze to the ground
damp down
make hash of
pull to pieces
stand on
do away with
wipe off the face of the earth
finish off
smash to smithereens
mill
macerate
withhold
dismiss
reject
censure
overload
scupper
obstruct
stymie
depress
overkill
foil
undermine
weaken
topple
wear
track
limit
banish
block
dash
clamp down
cripple
enfeeble
demote
throttle
curtail
nix
scuttle
walk
consume
bring to screeching halt
stamp flat
incapacitate
disrate
dumb
settle
censor
undo
dull
clam
abate
bomb
unbuild
groove
excise
snap
scourge
dilapidate
step
impoverish
humble
devour
wipe the floor with
smash down
wear down
put paid to
disassemble
havoc
separate
enslave
gain control over
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
exsect
uproot
sever
bang
blow to bits
knock to pieces
mess up
blow to pieces
clean up
black out
root out
sweep away
cut out
rupture
take out
tamp
wreak havoc on
take away
greatly upset
bring to an end
splinterize
fragmentalize
fragmentize
explode
powder
triturate
bring down
choke off
take down
divide
tear
rend
rip down
take apart
wreak havoc
close up
blast
pop
squidge
harm
steamroller
drive over
keep down
bring to ruin
cut short
hold sway over
keep under thumb
perforate
puncture
bridle
break someone's spirit
mash up
crunch up
prang
contain
interrupt
scrumple
part
champ
bottle
clamp
squash up
queer
govern
break to smithereens
crush to smithereens
break to pieces
break into pieces
blow apart
tromp
moderate
fall to pieces
blow out
fall to bits
squirt
pinch
pack down
jam
screw
hit
soften
beat down
mellow
damp
stir
lessen
diminish
triumph over
hold in
drive underground
do harm to
move
keep inside
keep in
hold down
hold back
put lid on
put kibosh on
bring to naught
wad
crumple
shrivel
keep in check
impress
tone down
have a negative effect on
have a negative impact on
strike
touch
keep the lid on
shake
quieten down
keep a lid on
hold in check
get under control
affect
dazzle
scrunch up
spellbind
walk over
bowl over
take aback
screw up
leave speechless
sweep over
sweep someone off their feet
hit for six
more ❯
Verb
▲
To compel or demand using force or bullying tactics
push
pressure
pressurise
UK
pressurize
US
oblige
browbeat
bully
force
intimidate
make
obligate
railroad
coerce
dragoon
steamroll
push around
put the screws to
strong-arm
press-gang
railroad into
dragoon into
prevail on
steamroller into
bulldoze into
exert influence on
use pressure on
go to town on
put the heat on
browbeat into
put pressure on
put the screws on
use strong-arm tactics on
bulldoze
press
drive
compel
impel
hustle
blackjack
lean on
constrain
sandbag
muscle
impress
hound
bludgeon
put the squeeze on
steamroller
urge
influence
harass
badger
goad
squeeze
nag
harry
brainwash
fast-talk
bring pressure to bear on
threaten
prod
pester
terrorize
US
menace
terrorise
UK
put under an obligation
twist someone's arm
turn on the heat
twist one's arm
persuade
cow
require
bounce
ramrod
concuss
act on
work on
force one's hand
work
train
necessitate
hector
domineer
shotgun
bogart
bullyrag
bind
insist
enforce
bluster
frighten
charge
impose
mau-mau
put to work
breathe down someone's neck
put the arm on
put the chill on
tyrannize
US
propel
pound
hassle
bother
tyrannise
UK
sell
politick
come at
work over
persecute
buffalo
bring force to bear on
hold a gun to someone's head
have someone do something
pressurize into
coerce into
overbear
despotize
bludgeon into
bully into
ride roughshod over
pick on
terrorize into
induce
intimidate into
restrain
constrict
squash
put through the wringer
boss about
lord it over
hold a gun to one's head
put heat on
boss around
compress
walk heavy
ride roughshod
make necessary
crack down
throw your weight around
leave someone no option but to
overcome
cause
order
demand
occasion
command
foist
choke
conscript
obtrude
contract
blackmail
use duress on
use force on
enjoin
burden
urge by force
move
apply
work someone's butt off
exert force on
bear down
tighten the screws on
put the bite on
pin down
put screws to
put squeeze on
bring pressure to bear upon
bear hard on
work someone's tail off
beset
restrict
hinder
suppress
repress
high pressure
make an offer they can't refuse
scare
awe
subdue
torment
terrify
overawe
daunt
unnerve
plague
oppress
dismay
disconcert
push about
psych out
abash
shake
deter
alarm
ruffle
discomfit
discourage
dominate
faze
rattle
chivvy
spook
turn the screws on
subjugate
cajole
heckle
mistreat
antagonize
US
chivy
taunt
lean
antagonise
UK
shanghai
petrify
be a tough guy
dishearten
put the frighteners on
embarrass
ride
affright
blind someone with something
take your breath away
scare off
issue threats to
appall
US
scare the bejesus out of
whip around
scare hell out of
utter threats to
tighten the screw on
put up to
turn the screw on
high-pressure
prevail upon
have
impose on
effect
will
appal
UK
frighten off
put the wind up
confuse
bewilder
overwhelm
nonplus
perplex
confound
perturb
disquiet
discompose
unsettle
make anxious
trouble
make uneasy
fluster
agitate
baffle
throw
destabilize
US
jolt
unbalance
flummox
mystify
put off
take aback
shake up
blind
destabilise
UK
throw off balance
pull the rug from under
put off one's stroke
pull the rug out from under
more ❯
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