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/prɛs daʊn ɑn/ Listen

Press down on

verb

Exert a force with a heavy weight. Synonyms: bear down, bear down on, drag down, weigh down.

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... up on the last call, a depressing sense of calamity, unsettlingly anti-climatic, began to press down on him. Pierce was talking about plans for the next week with an enthusiasm which should have ...

— The Man Who Staked the Stars • Charles Dye

... me hard, but he gives patience, too! And I say to myself, "'Tis no more than my due," And no tone from the organ can swell on the breeze Till the organist's fingers press down on ...

— Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul • Various

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