under pressure

: in or into a position below or beneath something

: below or short of some quantity, level, or limit

: in or into a condition of subjection, subordination, or unconsciousness

: below or beneath so as to be overhung, surmounted, covered, protected, or concealed by

: subject to the authority, control, guidance, or instruction of

: receiving or undergoing the action or effect of

: lying or placed below, beneath, or on the ventral side

: facing or protruding downward

: lower in rank or authority : subordinate

: the burden of physical or mental distress

: the constraint of circumstance : the weight of social or economic imposition

: the application of force to something by something else in direct contact with it : compression

: to apply pressure to

: pressurize

: to cook in a pressure cooker