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71de|press — «dih PREHS», transitive verb. 1. to make sad or gloomy; cause to have low spirits: »Rainy weather always depresses me. “This house depresses and chills one,” said Kate (Dickens). She was depressed by the bad news from home. SYNONYM(S): deject,… …
72op|press — «uh PREHS», transitive verb. 1. to govern harshly; keep down unjustly or by cruelty: »A good government will not oppress the people. 2. to weigh down; lie heavily on; burden: »A sense of trouble ahead oppressed my spirits. SYNONYM(S): overburden …
73drag down — verb exert a force with a heavy weight The snow bore down on the roof • Syn: ↑bear down, ↑bear down on, ↑press down on, ↑weigh down • Hypernyms: ↑press • Verb Frames …
74weigh down — [v] depress bear down, burden, cumber, get down, hold down, oppress, overburden, overload, press, press down, prey on, pull down, sadden, task, trouble, weight, weigh upon, worry; concepts 7,19 Ant. cheer, delight, please …
75pull down — Synonyms and related words: accept, acquire, admit, annihilate, assume, bag, be paid, be remunerated, be salaried, be seized of, bear down, beat down, blow down, blow over, bowl down, bowl over, break down, bring down, bring low, bulldog,… …
76take down — Synonyms and related words: abase, abash, admonish, bear down, beat down, blow down, blow over, book, bowl down, bowl over, break down, bring down, bring low, bring to book, bulldog, bulldoze, burn down, calendar, call to account, carve, cast… …
77Los Angeles Free Press — The Los Angeles Free Press (often called “the Freep” and the LAFP ) was among the most widely distributed underground newspapers of the 1960s. It is often cited as the first such newspaper. The Free Press was edited and published weekly, for most …
78cast down — Synonyms and related words: abase, abash, abashed, afflicted, agitated, bad, baffle, balk, beat down, beset, bilk, blow down, blow over, bothered, bowed down, bowl down, bowl over, break down, bring down, bulldog, bulldoze, burn down, chagrin,… …
79knock down — Synonyms and related words: auction, auction off, auctioneer, bang, bash, bat, beat down, belittle, belt, biff, blow down, blow over, bonk, bowl down, bowl over, break down, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, bulldog, bulldoze, burn… …
80bear down — Synonyms and related words: beat down, bring low, buckle down, couch, crush, debase, defeat, depress, detrude, do double duty, downbear, elucubrate, endeavor, get cracking, get cutting, go all out, haul down, hit the ball, hop to it, hotfoot,… …
