"bear down on" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bears down on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bearing down on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bore down on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borne down on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bear<,,bore,borne> down on"
      },
      "expansion": "bear down on (third-person singular simple present bears down on, present participle bearing down on, simple past bore down on, past participle borne down on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (down)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (on)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I could see the headmaster bearing down on me, and looked hopelessly round for a means of escape.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 December 27, Mike Henson, “Norwich 0 - 2 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Their first clear opportunity duly came courtesy of a mistake from Russell Martin, who was hustled off the ball by Bale, but the midfielder scooped his finish well over the top as he bore down on the Norwich goal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 10:57 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 2022-11-03",
          "text": "With reports of the Japanese forces bearing down on them confirmed, Rear Admiral Sprague orders his ships east, heading towards a series of rain squalls, hoping for concealment. This will hopefully delay the Japanese closing the range, and also draw them away from the much-more-vulnerable landing ships.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To approach someone in a very determined way."
      ],
      "id": "en-bear_down_on-en-verb-A9uQ2PA9",
      "links": [
        [
          "approach",
          "approach"
        ],
        [
          "determined",
          "determined"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bear down on"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bears down on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bearing down on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bore down on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borne down on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bear<,,bore,borne> down on"
      },
      "expansion": "bear down on (third-person singular simple present bears down on, present participle bearing down on, simple past bore down on, past participle borne down on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (down)",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (on)",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I could see the headmaster bearing down on me, and looked hopelessly round for a means of escape.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 December 27, Mike Henson, “Norwich 0 - 2 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Their first clear opportunity duly came courtesy of a mistake from Russell Martin, who was hustled off the ball by Bale, but the midfielder scooped his finish well over the top as he bore down on the Norwich goal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 10:57 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 2022-11-03",
          "text": "With reports of the Japanese forces bearing down on them confirmed, Rear Admiral Sprague orders his ships east, heading towards a series of rain squalls, hoping for concealment. This will hopefully delay the Japanese closing the range, and also draw them away from the much-more-vulnerable landing ships.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To approach someone in a very determined way."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "approach",
          "approach"
        ],
        [
          "determined",
          "determined"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bear down on"
}