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burden with

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burden someone or something with someone or something
to bother or weigh down someone or something with someone or something. Please don't burden us with the bad news at this time. I don't want to burden the school with a troublesome child.
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burden someone with something

to give unpleasant information to someone; to give someone some bad news. I hate to burden you with this, but your cat ran away. I wish I had not been burdened with all the facts.
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Thereafter the defendant must meet its burden with evidence specific to the case in point.
Because of the underlying differences in tax base, it is misleading to simply compare California's tax burden with all the other 49 states.
 
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