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borne (down on)verbalso born (down on)past participle of bear (down on) to push steadily against with some forceyou need to bear down on that cap a bit to get it to latch tightly depressed, pressed, shoved, weighed (on or upon) compressed, mashed, punched, squashed, squeezed, squished, squooshedcompelled, forced, pressuredleaned (on or against), muscleddriven, propelled, thrustcompacted, condensed, constricted, contracted, crushed, scrunched, wrungcrammed, jammed, jam-packed, packed, stuffed, wedged to indicate the importance of by centering attention onOur manager bore down on the need to meet upcoming deadlines. accented, accentuated, emphasized, featured, foregrounded, highlighted, illuminated, played up, pointed (up), pressed, punctuated, stressed focused(also focussed), identified, pinpointed, spotlighted(or spotlit)advertised, boosted, plugged, promoted, publicizedoverplayed made much of de-emphasized, played down toned (down), underemphasized, understatedbelittled, discounted, disparaged, minimized |