- weigh someone down
- weigh someone down†Fig. [for a thought] to worry or depress someone. •
All these problems really weigh me down.
•Financial problems have been weighing down our entire family.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
weigh someone down
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weigh (someone) down — 1. to be very heavy for someone to carry. She checked her bags because she knew they would weigh her down. The number of keys he carried would have weighed down a band of sturdy men. 2. to make someone feel tired and weak. He was weighed down by… … New idioms dictionary
weigh someone down — 1 my fishing gear weighed me down: BURDEN, saddle, overload, overburden, encumber, hamper, handicap. 2 the silence weighed me down: OPPRESS, depress, l … Useful english dictionary
weigh someone down — be heavy and cumbersome or oppressive to someone. → weigh … English new terms dictionary
weigh sb down — UK US weigh sb/sth down Phrasal Verb with weigh({{}}/weɪ/ verb [T] ► to cause problems or difficulties for someone or something: »US growth has been weighed down by soaring deficits with China … Financial and business terms
weigh sth down — UK US weigh sb/sth down Phrasal Verb with weigh({{}}/weɪ/ verb [T] ► to cause problems or difficulties for someone or something: »US growth has been weighed down by soaring deficits with China … Financial and business terms
ˌweigh sb ˈdown — phrasal verb 1) to be very heavy and prevent someone from moving easily 2) to cause problems for someone or something … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
get someone down — DEPRESS, sadden, make unhappy, make gloomy, dispirit, dishearten, demoralize, discourage, crush, weigh down, oppress; upset, distress; informal give someone the blues, make someone fed up. → get * * * depress or demoralize someone … Useful english dictionary
weigh down — verb 1. be oppressive or disheartening to • Syn: ↑weigh on • Ant: ↑lighten • Hypernyms: ↑sadden • Verb Frames: Something s somebody … Useful english dictionary
weigh — weigh1 verb 1》 find out how heavy (someone or something) is. ↘have a specified weight. ↘balance (something) in the hands to assess its weight. ↘(weigh something out) measure and take out a portion of a particular weight. ↘(weigh… … English new terms dictionary
weigh — [ weı ] verb ** 1. ) linking verb to have a particular weight: Tell me Clare, how much do you weigh? The baby weighed 7 pounds when she was born. weigh a ton (=be very heavy): Your suitcase weighs a ton. a ) transitive to measure how heavy… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
weigh down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms weigh down : present tense I/you/we/they weigh down he/she/it weighs down present participle weighing down past tense weighed down past participle weighed down 1) to make someone heavy and unable to move… … English dictionary
