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bear down on

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

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to sail towards another vessel, of a ship

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Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

Wordset Dictionary

to exert a force with a heavy weight

Classifications

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Variants

6 surface forms

synonym: bear down upondrag down
pasttense: beared down on
presentparticiple: bearing down on
thirdpersonsingular: bears down on
pastparticiple: beared down on

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