bear down on

Significado

1. 1

   bear down on sb / sthbritánico

   to move quickly towards sb / sth in a determined or threatening way

2. 2

   bear down on sb / sthamericano

   to press on sb / sth

   Bear down on it with all your strength so it doesn't move.

En las películas · 4

• and then just kind of beared down and just got it out of there.Trainwreck2015
• If this is not enough it must appear that malice bears down on truth.The Merchant of Venice2004
• ...so you wouldn't be stoking furnaces and could bear down on the books.Guess Who's Coming to Dinner1967
• Hey, you know, my mom always told me that it was gonna hurt the first time, you know, she said it was, you know, it's a woman's duty to just lie down, bear it and...Whatever Works2009

Apréndela en escenas completas

• Whatever Works2009
  • Boris Breaks the Fourth Wall
  • Boris Panics and Jumps Out the Window
  • Boris Takes Melodie In

De la misma entrada

• bear arms
• bear fruit
• bear hard, heavily, severely, on
• be borne in on
• bring to bear
• bear, take, the brunt of
• have a cross to bear
• grin and bear it
• bear in mind
• bear witness
• bear on
• bear out