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bear hard on

VERB

force

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cause charge compel demand drag drive impose inflict limit make move oblige order press pressure require restrict urge

STRONG

apply bind blackmail burden choke coerce command concuss conscript constrain contract draft dragoon enforce enjoin exact extort fix impel impress insist necessitate obtrude occasion overcome pressurize sandbag shotgun strong-arm wrest wring

WEAK

bear down bring pressure to bear upon pin down put screws to put squeeze on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

check disallow discourage dissuade free halt leave alone let go prevent release stop

STRONG

aid allow forget give help neglect permit

WEAK

surrender yield

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At a Washington concert a Congressman from Alabama rose in the midst of one of Ole's improvisations and shouted: "None of your highfalutin, but give us Hail Columbia, and bear hard on the treble!"

From Time Magazine Archive

They had retreated, leaving their instruments—a circumstance which seemed to bear hard on the Duke of Buckingham, their patron.

From Peveril of the Peak by Scott, Walter, Sir

I have not scrupled to bear hard on my own university, on the Royal Society, and on other respectable existences: being very much the friend of all.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene

Nor was the new Viceroy of a temper to bear hard on the feeble remains of the native aristocracy.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

These men bear hard on the suspected party.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

bear hard on

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