Usually means: Approach or move towards aggressively.
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  1. bear down on: Merriam-Webster
  2. bear down on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bear down on: Vocabulary.com
  4. bear down on: Wiktionary
  5. bear down on: Dictionary.com
  6. bear down on: Rhymezone
  7. bear down on: FreeDictionary.org
  8. bear down on: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. bear down on: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. bear down on: Legal dictionary

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  1. bear down on: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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  1. Bear down on: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bear down on)

▸ verb:  To approach someone in a very determined way.

Similar:
drag down, weigh down, bear down, bear down upon, press down on, bear, bear in with, pin down, pregravate, bear on, more...

Opposite:
ease up, lighten up, relax, let up, back off

Types:
pressure, squeeze, strain, crush, burden, more...

Adjectives:
clear, oversite, ower, over, lean, overthwart, overthrust, shut up, overwing, overboard, upright

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Similar:
drag down, weigh down, bear down, bear down upon, press down on, bear, bear in with, pin down, pregravate, bear on, more...

Opposite:
ease up, lighten up, relax, let up, back off

Types:
pressure, squeeze, strain, crush, burden, more...

Adjectives:
clear, oversite, ower, over, lean, overthwart, overthrust, shut up, overwing, overboard, upright



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