weigh down
This page is about the phrasal verb weigh down
Meaning
If you're weighed down by problems or responsibilities, you feel stressed or unhappy because of them.
Synonym
burden
For example
- be weighed down by sth Sarah feels weighed down by all of her responsibilities, both at work and at home.
- weigh sb down The pressure his parents put on the boy to succeed in school weighed him down so much that he ran away from home.
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