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weigh down

verb

adverb to press (a person) down by or as if by weight
his troubles weighed him down

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Idioms and Phrases

Burden, oppress, as in Their problems have weighed them down . This expression transfers bowing under a physical weight to emotional burdens. [c. 1600]

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hold down
overburden
overload
sadden

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