bear down
verb- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, down.
- To steer away from the wind; to approach from windward.
- To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome.
- To intensify one's efforts. · It's 9:41, 58 degrees, and I'm flunking out. Time to bear down.
- To approach in a determined manner.
- To exert downward pressure on one's abdomen, as in giving birth, forcing out feces, and some similar bodily maneuvers.
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