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bear (down on)verb to push steadily against with some forceyou need to bear down on that cap a bit to get it to latch tightly depress, press, shove, weigh (on or upon) compress, mash, punch, squash, squeeze, squish, squooshcompel, force, pressurelean (on or against), muscledrive, propel, thrustcompact, condense, constrict, contract, crush, scrunch, wringcram, jam, jam-pack, pack, stuff, wedge bear down onphraseto indicate the importance of by centering attention onOur manager bore down on the need to meet upcoming deadlines. accent, accentuate, emphasize, feature, foreground, highlight, illuminate, play up, point (up), press, punctuate, stress focus, identify, pinpoint, spotlightadvertise, boost, plug, promote, publicizeoverplay make much of de-emphasize, play down tone (down), underemphasize, understatebelittle, discount, disparage, minimize |