English-Finnish translations for bear down

• laskea
• päihittää
• painaa päälle
• ponnistaa
• puskea kohti
• puskea päin
• pysyä kannassaan
• selättää
  selättää pelkonsa
• väittää vastaan

Definition of bear down

• To push to the ground; to defeat, overcome.
• To intensify one's efforts
• To approach in a determined manner
• To exert downward pressure on one's abdomen, as in giving birth, forcing out feces, and some similar bodily maneuvers

Examples

• Its 9:41, 58 degrees, and Im flunking out. Time to bear down.

Related words

• bear down on
• meadow goat's-beard
• downy beard