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weigh down |
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weigh someone or something down to burden someone or something. The heavy burden weighed the poor donkey down. The load of bricks weighed down the truck. See also: weigh 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. See also: weigh weigh somebody down also weigh down somebody 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 worries about money. Old, sad memories weighed her down. See also: weigh weigh down something also weigh something down to slow the operation or growth of an organization The company was weighed down with debt. Health-care costs weigh the economy down. See also: weigh How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Therefore, any one wishing to maintain among men the name of liberal is obliged to avoid no attribute of magnificence; so that a prince thus inclined will consume in such acts all his property, and will be compelled in the end, if he wish to maintain the name of liberal, to unduly weigh down his people, and tax them, and do everything he can to get money. Taken altogether, it was a dreadfully long name to weigh down a poor innocent child, and one of the hardest lessons I ever learned was to remember my own name. I am poor and lowly and all unworthy of you; but if great love may weigh down such defects, then mine may do it. |
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