bear on
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(verb) press, drive, or impel to action; "He pushed her to finish her doctorate" |
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Synonyms: push |
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Related Words: bull, bull through, exhort, nudge, press, urge, urge on |
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(verb) have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" |
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Synonyms: affect, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on |
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Related Words: act upon, alter, bother, change, discommode, disoblige, endanger, expose, hit, incommode, inconvenience, influence, peril, process, put out, queer, redound, scupper, strike, subject, tell on, treat, trouble |
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(verb) keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition" |
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Synonyms: carry on, continue, preserve, uphold |
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Related Words: hang in, hang on, hold, hold on, keep, keep up, maintain, perpetuate, persevere, persist, prolong, restart, resume, sustain |
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(verb) be about; have to do with; be relevant to; refer, pertain, or relate to; "What's this novel all about?"; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk" |
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Synonyms: come to, concern, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on |
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Related Words: affect, apply, center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, go for, hold, interest, involve, matter to, regard, revolve about, revolve around |
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