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verb

Definition of bore (down on)next
past tense of bear (down on)
as in weighed (on or upon)
to push steadily against with some force you need to bear down on that cap a bit to get it to latch tightly

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past tense of bear down on
as in highlighted
to indicate the importance of by centering attention on Our manager bore down on the need to meet upcoming deadlines.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bore (down on)
  1. pressed
  2. shoved
  3. compressed
Verb
  • Finally, Op-Fortitude’s representative pressed Netflix to return the screener immediately.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
  • President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pressed the United States and other Western partners over Ukraine’s need for more Patriot anti-ballistic missile defense systems to counter missile attacks from Russia.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Definition of pressed
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  • Shida shoved him off and hit a Falcon Arrow, but Maya grabbed the bottom rope.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Coming off the awful travel out of Chicago from July 9 into July 10, in which the Red Sox had two plane issues and arrived just a couple hours before first pitch, Gray shoved.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of shoved
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  • When that kind of work fills most of the day, actual selling gets compressed into whatever time is left.
    — Jeff Winters, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Testing later revealed that the mass was caused by a staph infection that had settled in her spine and compressed her thoracic spinal cord at the T4-T5 level, leaving her paralyzed from the chest down.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
Definition of compressed
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“Bore (down on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bore%20%28down%20on%29. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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