weigh down

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weigh down

verb weighs down · weighing down · weighed down

transitive To act as a ballast for. We used some sandbags to weigh down the balloon.
idiomatic, transitive To be too much for someone to cope with. All the news of murder and famine is weighing me down.

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verb to act as ballast

Español	lastrar
Français	alourdir
Română	împovăra, copleși, îngreuna

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@misc{weigh_down_2026,
  title = {weigh down},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/weigh%20down},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}