bring pressure to bear upon
1bring pressure to bear upon — index compel, constrain (compel) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2bring something to bear (on somebody) — bring sth to bear (on sb/sth) idiom (formal) to use energy, pressure, influence, etc. to try to achieve sth or make sb do sth • We must bring all our energies to bear upon the task. • Pressure was brought to bear on us to finish the work on time …
3bring something to bear (on something) — bring sth to bear (on sb/sth) idiom (formal) to use energy, pressure, influence, etc. to try to achieve sth or make sb do sth • We must bring all our energies to bear upon the task. • Pressure was brought to bear on us to finish the work on time …
4bear — bear1 W1 [beə US ber] v past tense bore [bo: US bo:r] past participle borne [bo:n US bo:rn] [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(deal with something)¦ 2 can t bear something 3 bear (something) in mind 4¦(accept/be responsible for)¦ 5¦(support)¦ 6¦(sign/mark)¦ …
5bring to bear — verb bring into operation or effect (Freq. 4) The new members brought to bear new concerns to the U.N. • Hypernyms: ↑effect • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Something s something * * * bring to …
6bear — bear1 [ber] vt. BORE, borne (see 3), bearing, bore, born [ME beren < OE beran < IE base * bher , to carry, bring > L ferre, Gr pherein, Sans bharati, (he) bears] 1. a) to hold and take along; carry; transport b) to hold in the m …
7bring — verb /brIN/ past tense and past participle brought /brO:t/ (T) 1 to take someone or something to the place you are now, to the place you are going to, or to the place that you have been talking about: Did you bring anything to drink? | Sheila was …
8bring — verb (past and past participle brought) 1》 carry or accompany to a place. 2》 cause to move or to come into existence. 3》 cause to be in a particular state or condition: take an aspirin to bring down your temperature. 4》 cause someone to receive… …
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10bear — bear1 /bair/, v., bore or (Archaic) bare; borne or born; bearing. v.t. 1. to hold up; support: to bear the weight of the roof. 2. to hold or remain firm under (a load): The roof will not bear the strain of his weight. 3. to bring forth ( …
