Definition of "bear down" []

Used other than as an idiom: see bear,‎ down. (verb)
To approach from windward. (verb)
To intensify one's efforts. (verb)
To approach in a determined manner. (verb)
To exert downward pressure on one's abdomen, as in giving birth, forcing out feces, and some similar bodily maneuvers. (verb)

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Use "bear down" in a sentence

"Forming a right angle with the ice, the rock wall on my left allowed me to make stemming maneuvers; using counterpressure, I could more confidently bear down on the crampon points of my right foot, where they were embedded in the ice."
"Dr.C. J. Egan, who makes this statement,94 adds: ` ` The Kaffir position is a very good one, and the woman has full power to bear down and assist her pains."
"Like the sword of Coeur De Lion, which always blazed in the front and thickest of the battle, Sam's palm-leaf was to be seen everywhere when there was the least danger that a horse could be caught; there he would bear down full tilt, shouting, "Now for it! cotch him! cotch him!" in a way that would set everything to indiscriminate rout in a moment."

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