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bear down: exert a force or cause a strain upon; "This tax bears down on the lower middle class"; pay special attention to; "The lectures bore down on the political background"; exert full strength; "The pitcher bore down"; contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery

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lean on collapse: rest on for support; "you can lean on me if you get tired"

run for collapse

sail for collapse

have a baby collapse

lie in collapse: be in confinement for childbirth

bear down on collapse: sail towards another vessel, of a ship

narrow the gap collapse

gain upon collapse

lay in collapse

give birth collapse: cause_to_be_born; "My wife had twins yesterday!"; create or produce an idea; "Marx and Engels gave birth to communism"

bear out collapse

appertain to collapse

pertain to collapse

prying collapse

nosy collapse: offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the neighbor's doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day"

draw near collapse

lie on collapse

crosspatch collapse

bear up collapse: endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain"

pertain collapse: be a part or attribute of

come forward collapse

finance collapse: the commercial activity of providing funds and capital; the management of money and credit and banking and investments; the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets; obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"; sell or provide on credit

sorehead collapse: someone who is peevish or disgruntled

accost collapse

about ship collapse

change course collapse

bear fruit collapse

fishing collapse: the act of someone who fishes as a diversion; the occupation of catching fish for a living

shore up collapse

on the lookout for collapse

grin and bear it collapse

weigh upon collapse

withstand collapse

probing collapse

hang in collapse

make up to collapse

foal collapse: a young horse; give birth to a foal; "the mare foaled"

stand for collapse: tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!"

fructify collapse: bear fruit; "the apple trees fructify"; make productive or fruitful; "The earth that he fructified"; become productive or fruitful; "The seeds fructified"

pile drive collapse

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