bear+down+upon
111thrust — Synonyms and related words: acceleration, actuate, advance, advance against, advance upon, afterburner, aggressiveness, animate, assault, atomic power, bang, bear, bear down upon, bear upon, bearing, best part, better part, body, boost, bowl,… …
112strike — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, abridge, administer, adopt, advance against, advance upon, affect, afflict, aggravated assault, aggression, agree on, aim, ambush, amphibious attack, arise, armed assault, arrest, arrest the thoughts,… …
113lean on — Synonyms and related words: abut on, bank on, be based on, bear against, bear down on, bear down upon, bear hard upon, bear on, bestraddle, bestride, bet on, calculate on, count on, depend on, gamble on, high pressure, lie on, perch, place… …
114push — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, actuate, advance, advance against, advance upon, adventuresomeness, adventurousness, advertise, advocate, aggrandize, aggravated assault, aggression, aggressiveness, ambition, ambitiousness, amperage,… …
115come — v 1. approach, near, draw near, close, close in, bear down upon; advance, make for, move toward, press upon. 2. arrive, enter, check in, clock in, punch in, ring in, sign in, pull in, roll in, Inf. hit town, Sl. blow in; appear, turn up, show up …
116close — Synonyms and related words: Autobahn, Spartan, US highway, abandonment, abbreviated, abort, about, about to be, abridged, abstruse, accented, accommodate, accost, accurate, adjacent, adjust, advance, agree, airless, airtight, alert, all but,… …
117force — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. compulsion, coercion; strength, brawn, power, might; meaning, import, effect; troops, soldiery, army (see combatant). See vigor. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Physical power] Syn. strength, energy, might;… …
118stand for — Synonyms and related words: abide, abide with, advert to, affirm, allege, allude to, announce, annunciate, approach anchorage, argue, assert, assever, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, be construed as, be indicative of, be significant of, be… …
119step up — Synonyms and related words: accelerando, accelerate, acceleration, accost, advance, aggravate, aggravation, amplify, approach, appropinquate, approximate, bear down on, bear down upon, bear up, beef up, beefing up, blow up, blowing up, blowup,… …
120approximate — Synonyms and related words: accost, advance, advancing, ape, appear like, approach, approaching, appropinquate, approximating, approximative, arm in arm, assimilate, attracted to, be around, be like, be near, be redolent of, bear down on, bear… …
