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"text": "It's 9:41, 58 degrees, and I'm flunking out. Time to bear down.",
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"ref": "2003 October, Cameron Morfit, “A Furious Focus; Call his swing whatever you want--Jim Furyk's approach to life and golf is anything but loopy”, in Golf Magazine, volume 45, number 10, page 106",
"text": "When Furyk spots another Arizona alum on Tour, one of them will utter the official U of A exhortation, which dates to the 1920s, when on his deathbed the school's quarter-back urged the football team to \"bear down.\" Few on Tour bear down like Furyk. He has his plan and sticks to it.",
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"ref": "2009 January, James Applewhite, “Write a poem in THREE PHASES.”, in Writer, volume 122, number 1, pages 22–23",
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"(intransitive) To intensify one's efforts."
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"ref": "2011 November 3, David Ornstein, “Macc Tel-Aviv 1 - 2 Stoke”, in BBC Sport",
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"(intransitive, with on) To approach in a determined manner."
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"To exert downward pressure on one's abdomen, as in giving birth, forcing out feces, and some similar bodily maneuvers."
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"(intransitive) To exert downward pressure on one's abdomen, as in giving birth, forcing out feces, and some similar bodily maneuvers."
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"ref": "2003 October, Cameron Morfit, “A Furious Focus; Call his swing whatever you want--Jim Furyk's approach to life and golf is anything but loopy”, in Golf Magazine, volume 45, number 10, page 106",
"text": "When Furyk spots another Arizona alum on Tour, one of them will utter the official U of A exhortation, which dates to the 1920s, when on his deathbed the school's quarter-back urged the football team to \"bear down.\" Few on Tour bear down like Furyk. He has his plan and sticks to it.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "2005 May 12, Sue Kirchhoff, “Central American Free Trade Agreement faces obstacles”, in USA Today",
"text": "Will CAFTA pass? The White House is starting to bear down, making the argument that CAFTA is not only a good deal economically, but vital for the political development and security of the region.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009 January, James Applewhite, “Write a poem in THREE PHASES.”, in Writer, volume 122, number 1, pages 22–23",
"text": "You can't really run faster or farther over the long haul simply by bearing down harder. You have to raise the level of your effort, then relax, and trust that preparation.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To intensify one's efforts."
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"text": "Huth headed wide inside two minutes, Andy Wilkinson blasted over from Shotton's cut-back and Jones was squeezed out when bearing down on goal.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To approach in a determined manner."
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"(intransitive, with on) To approach in a determined manner."
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"To exert downward pressure on one's abdomen, as in giving birth, forcing out feces, and some similar bodily maneuvers."
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],
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"sense": "nautical: to steer away from the wind",
"word": "laskea"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome",
"word": "selättää"
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"sense": "to push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome",
"word": "päihittää"
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"sense": "to maintain one's position against (someone) in a debate",
"word": "väittää vastaan"
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"word": "pysyä kannassaan"
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"sense": "to intensify one's efforts",
"word": "painaa päälle"
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"word": "puskea kohti"
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"word": "puskea päin"
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{
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"sense": "to exert downward pressure on one's abdomen",
"word": "ponnistaa"
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"sense": "to exert downward pressure on one's abdomen",
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