Usage of "bear down on"

Catalan

Spanish

Exert a force with a heavy weight.

Spanish

Sail towards another vessel, of a ship.

Usage of bear down on in English

They career through the air, and bear down on the track-layers' hides. 
 Iron Council 

The line abreast was used only to bear down on the enemy. 
 Famous Sea Fights, from Salamis to Tsu-Shima 

A stronger pound will bear down on the UK's bill for imports. 
 The Guardian 

When we get our chances, we have to bear down on them. 
 Reuters 

Behind it the woods flare into looming shadows that bear down on me. 
 Arcadia falls 

You just gotta bear down on that crimp and muscle-fuck it. 
 Climbing Magazine 

We have to bear down on them with all we've got. 
 Grand junction 

Better still-happythought!-I'llbear down on Jaipur myself, for Christmas leave. 
 Far to Seek / A Romance of England and India 

But predatory capitalism will always bear down on the long-term health of our environment. 
 The Guardian 

I have not yet begun to bear down on you. 
 Flesh and bone: a body farm novel 

The thud of drums, too, from Kaffir villages seemed to bear down on us. 
 Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales 

Then we can bear down on them from all sides. 
 The Boy Allies Under the Sea; Or, The Vanishing Submarines 

Then the intricate dark flyers would turn and dive, bear down on the prey. 
 Perdido Street Station 

Come about, Mr. Passford, and bear down on the enemy. 
 A Victorious Union 

The pressure started to bear down on his family. 
 The Guardian 

Oh, don't bear down on him too hard, Joe. 
 Wayside Courtships 

Translations for bear down on

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Meanings of bear down on in English