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Definition of 'bear down on' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) bear down on, bear down upon
sail towards another vessel, of a ship

2. (verb) drag down, bear down, bear down on, press down on, weigh down
exert a force with a heavy weight
"The snow bore down on the roof"


Translation of 'bear down on' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to approach quickly and often threateningly
The angry teacher bore down on the child.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: afstorm op Arabic flag Arabic: يُهاجِم، يَغْضَب من Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: приближавам заплашително
Brazilian flag Brazilian: atacar Czech flag Czech: hnát se k, přiskočit k German flag German: unterdrücken
Danish flag Danish: styre hen Greek flag Greek: πλησιάζω απειλητικά Spanish flag Spanish: avanzar hacia alguien ame
Estonian flag Estonian: kallale sööstma Farsi flag Farsi: نزدیک شدن؛ آمدن به سوی چی Finnish flag Finnish: lähestyä uhkaavasti
French flag French: fondre sur Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהִתקָרֵב בְּצוּרָה מְאַ Hindi flag Hindi: झपटना
Croatian flag Croatian: nasrnuti Hungarian flag Hungarian: lecsap Indonesian flag Indonesian: menghampiri
Icelandic flag Icelandic: æða að Italian flag Italian: avvicinarsi a, lanciarsi Japanese flag Japanese: 急迫する
Korean flag Korean: 혼내 주다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: prilėkti, prišokti Latvian flag Latvian: draudoši tuvoties
Malay flag Malay: mengejan Dutch flag Dutch: afstevenen op Norwegian flag Norwegian: styre mot, bære ned mot
Polish flag Polish: ruszyć Persian flag Persian: نزدیک شدن؛ آمدن به سوی چی Pashto flag Pashto: نژدی کیدل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cair sobre Romanian flag Romanian: a se repezi la Russian flag Russian: набрасываться
Slovak flag Slovak: priskočiť Slovenian flag Slovenian: planiti na Serbian flag Serbian: stuštiti se
Swedish flag Swedish: närma sig Thai flag Thai: เข้ามาใกล้อย่างรวดเร็วและ Turkish flag Turkish: tehlikeli bir biçimde üst
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 衝向 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: накинутися на кого Urdu flag Urdu: دھمکی آمیز رویہ رکھنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hạ gục Chinese flag Chinese: 冲向

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