Usually means: Make heavier or burden significantly.
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  1. weigh down: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. weigh down: Collins English Dictionary
  3. weigh down: Vocabulary.com
  4. weigh down: Wiktionary
  5. weigh down: Dictionary.com
  6. weigh down: Rhymezone
  7. weigh down: Free Dictionary
  8. weigh down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. weigh down: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. weigh down: Legal dictionary

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  1. weigh down: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (weigh down)

verb:  (transitive) To act as a ballast for.
verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To be too much for someone to cope with.

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