bear down
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~ exert a force with a heavy weight; "The snow bore down on the roof"
beat down
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~ dislodge from a position; "She beat the dealer down to a much better price"
bear down
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~ pay special attention to; "The lectures bore down on the political background"
bear down
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~ exert full strength; "The pitcher bore down"
belt down
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~ drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
beat down
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~ shine hard; "The sun beat down on the hikers"
bear down
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~ exert a force or cause a strain upon; "This tax bears down on the lower middle class"
beat down
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~ persuade the seller to accept a lower price; "She beat the merchant down $100"
bear down
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~ to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle; "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"
bed down
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~ go to bed; "We bedded down at midnight"
bolt down
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~ eat a large amount of food quickly; "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake"
buckle down
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~ work very hard, like a slave
burn down
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~ burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire; "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames"
bolt down
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~ drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
brush down
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~ reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off"
burn down
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~ destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
bowed down
— Adjective
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~ heavily burdened with work or cares; "bowed down with troubles"; "found himself loaded down with responsibilities"; "overburdened social workers"; "weighed down with cares"
broken-down
— Adjective
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~ not in working order; "had to push the broken-down car"; "a broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on"
broken-down
— Adjective
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~ in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"
buttoned-down
— Adjective
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~ unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek