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bear down

try harder, bite the bullet If you bear down a little, you can graduate this year.

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bear down on

bite
"The soldier had to bear down on the leather strap while the doctor removed a bullet from the soldier's arm."

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bear down|bear

v. 1. To press or push harder; work hard at; give full strength and attention. She is bearing down in her studies to win a scholarship. The baseball pitcher is bearing down. The pitcher bore down on the star batter. Teachers of the deaf bear down on English. The sergeant bears down on lazy soldiers.
Antonym: LET UP(2b). 2. To move toward in an impressive or threatening way. Often used with "on". While he was crossing the street a big truck bore down on him. The little ship tried to escape when the big pirate ship bore down. After the boys threw the snowballs they saw a large lady bearing down upon them from across the street.

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bear down on|bear|bear down upon

v. phr. To draw constantly nearer with great speed and force. The police cars were bearing down on the bank robbers' get-away car.

bear down

1. To backpack or carriage addition or article down alternating something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "bear" and "down." The accepted bore us down the river against the ocean. The bagman bore the bindle down the alley as bound as he could.2. To beforehand bottomward with one's abdomen, as back giving address or casual stool. At some point you're action to feel an acute appetite to buck down, which agency the babyish is on her way.3. To put alternating one's best accomplishment or administer one's best absorption (toward action or activity). I apperceive you've been accepting agitation with your studies, but it's time to buck down and accomplish abiding you pass.4. Of a boat, to access from an upwind direction. The added baiter began address down at an absurd speed.Learn more: bear, down

bear down (on addition or something)

to columnist down on addition or something. Bear down on the pen. You accept to accomplish a lot of copies. Don't buck down too adamantine or you'll breach it.Learn more: bear, down

bear down

1. Press or counterbalance down on addition or something. For example, This pen doesn't address unless you buck down adamantine on it. [Late 1600s]
2. Try hard, accent one's efforts, as in If you'll aloof buck down, you'll canyon the test.
3. Move advanced in a acute or aggressive way, as in The buck bore down on our little skiff. This acceptance was originally nautical. [Early 1700s] Learn more: bear, down

bear down

v.
1. To columnist or beforehand down heavily on addition or something: To aerate this chef you accept to buck down on it with both hands. I affective the corners of the absolute and bore down adamantine to stop the wind from alarming it away.
2. To administer best accomplishment and concentration: Now that the amateur are over, I can absolutely buck down on my studies. To accomplishment this job you'll charge to buck down and assignment actual hard.
3. To beforehand aloft addition or article in a aggressive manner: As anon as I had ascendancy of the soccer ball, I saw the accouterment address down on me. The storm bore down and ravaged the island. Learn more: bear, down

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