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61(press) panic button — If you hit or press the panic button, you raise the alarm too quickly or react too hastily in a difficult or stressful situation. Calm down! There s no need to press the panic button yet! …
62press — I. v. a. 1. Compress, squeeze, crowd, crush. 2. Squeeze out, express. 3. Make smooth, smooth, flatten. 4. Embrace closely, hug, clasp. 5. Constrain, compel, force. 6. Enjoin, enforce, urge, inculcate. 7. Straiten, distress …
63press up — (British) push up, exercise in which a person rests face down in a horizontal position with his palms flat on the floor beneath his shoulders and then raises and lowers his body by straightening and bending the arms …
64press-up — noun Brit. an exercise in which one lies facing the floor and, keeping the back straight, raises the body by pressing down on the hands …
65ˈpress-ˌup — noun [C] British a physical exercise in which you lie down with your face towards the floor and use your arms to raise and lower your body …
66press-up — noun an arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms • Syn: ↑pushup • Hypernyms: ↑arm exercise • Hyponyms: ↑widegrip pushup …
67weigh down — verb 1. be oppressive or disheartening to • Syn: ↑weigh on • Ant: ↑lighten • Hypernyms: ↑sadden • Verb Frames: Something s somebody …
68bear down — verb 1. exert a force with a heavy weight (Freq. 1) The snow bore down on the roof • Syn: ↑drag down, ↑bear down on, ↑press down on, ↑weigh down • Hypernyms: ↑press …
69beat down — Synonyms and related words: bargain, bear down, bend, bid, bid for, blow down, break, break down, bring down, bring low, bring to terms, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, burn down, cast down, castrate, chaffer, cheapen, chop down, clamp down on, coerce …
70bear down on — verb 1. sail towards another vessel, of a ship (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑bear down upon • Topics: ↑navigation, ↑pilotage, ↑piloting • Hypernyms: ↑ …
