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bear down upon

verb

sail towards another vessel, of a ship

• Syn: ↑bear down on

• Topics: ↑navigation, ↑pilotage, ↑piloting

• Hypernyms:

↑approach, ↑near, ↑come on, ↑go up, ↑draw near, ↑draw close, ↑come near

• Entailment: ↑sail

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s

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phrasal

see bear down on

Useful english dictionary. 2012.