weigh down

verb

1. adverb to press (a person) down by or as if by weight

   his troubles weighed him down

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]

Example Sentences

Line with parchment paper and fill with rice or beans to weigh down the dough.

From The Daily Beast

All those times past—the loves, the sighs, the sorrows, the desires—can they not weigh down one frail misfortune?

From Project Gutenberg

I am poor and lowly and all unworthy of you; but if great love may weigh down such defects, then mine may do it.

From Project Gutenberg

No more right have we to torment our own souls, or to permit habitual sadness and despondency to weigh down our spirits.

From Project Gutenberg

She would illuminate the grounds, weigh down the old forest trees with a fruitage of lights, build pavilions and rustic bridges.

From Project Gutenberg

Ivy-berries, hanging in thick clusters, are still in beauty; they are so heavy that they weigh down the branches.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• hold down
• overburden
• overload
• sadden