Yet at the time there was great anxiety about the change. The fear was that the increased burden of consumer debt would make even a small rise in interest rates bear down heavily on spending.
That reckoning, however, included measures of the dying Labour government adopted by its successor, which bear down on high earners.
At first, we thought he was determined to roll the bear down.
I cannot bear to see a bear bear down upon a hare.
He is able to bear down all difficulties in his studies.
As dark forces bear down on Hogworths the three vow to skip their final year at school in order to find the remaining Horcruxes and defeat Lord Voldermort once and for all.
If your mother does not like you made a mess of the house, then bear down on this day chores, she should most want to see.