burden someone with something
1strap someone with someone or something — tv. to burden someone with someone or something. (Often passive.) □ Don’t you try to strap me with your baby brother! □ She was strapped with too many bills to pay each month …
2burden — bur|den1 [ bɜrdn ] noun count ** 1. ) usually singular a serious or difficult responsibility that you have to deal with: Unemployment places a heavy burden on the welfare state. burden of: Men say they are willing to share the burden of domestic… …
3burden — I UK [ˈbɜː(r)d(ə)n] / US [ˈbɜrd(ə)n] noun [countable] Word forms burden : singular burden plural burdens ** 1) a) [usually singular] a serious or difficult responsibility that you have to deal with Unemployment places a heavy burden on the… …
4stuck with someone or something — mod. burdened with someone or something; left with the burden of someone or something. □ It’s your problem, and you’re stuck with it. D Am I stuck with this kid forever? …
5burden — [[t]bɜ͟ː(r)d(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ burdens, burdening, burdened 1) N COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of/on n If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work. The developing… …
6burden — bur‧den [ˈbɜːdn ǁ ˈbɜːrdn] noun [countable] 1. something that causes people a lot of difficulty or worry: • In less prosperous areas the taxes were, for many, such a burden that they lived in poverty. 2. particular costs such as taxes or interest …
7land with — To encumber with (a burden, difficult situation, etc) • • • Main Entry: ↑land * * * ˈland with [transitive] usually passive [present tense I/you/we/they land with he/she/it lands with …
8burden — 1 noun 1 (C) something difficult or worrying that you are responsible for: heavy burden: We re in no position to take on another heavy financial burden. 2 (singular) formal the main meaning of what someone is saying 3 the burden of proof law the… …
9burden — [ˈbɜːd(ə)n] noun [C] I 1) a serious or difficult responsibility that you have to deal with 2) literary something heavy that you have to carry II verb [T] burden [ˈbɜːd(ə)n] to create a problem or serious responsibility for someone …
10saddle with — ˈsaddle with [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they saddle with he/she/it saddles with present participle saddling with past tense saddled with …
