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bearing hard on synonyms

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  • administer
  • assign
  • bring into play
  • bring to bear
  • employ
  • engage
  • execute
  • exercise
  • exploit
  • handle
  • implement
  • practice
  • utilize
  • between a rock and a hard place
  • crunch
  • difficulty
  • dilemma
  • hot water
  • no-win situation
  • nuisance
  • pickle
  • predicament
  • quandary
  • sticky situation
  • tight situation
  • tight spot
  • bribe
  • bribery
  • exaction
  • extortion
  • hush money
  • milking
  • payoff
  • protection
  • ransom
  • slush fund
  • tribute
  • apply
  • bear down
  • bear hard on
  • bind
  • blackmail
  • burden
  • cause
  • charge
  • choke
  • coerce
  • command
  • compel
  • concuss
  • conscript
  • constrain
  • contract
  • Herculean task
  • accountability
  • affliction
  • albatross
  • anxiety
  • ball and chain
  • blame
  • care
  • charge
  • clog
  • concern
  • deadweight
  • difficulty
  • duty
  • encumbrance
  • excess baggage
  • account
  • agency
  • aim
  • antecedent
  • author
  • basis
  • beginning
  • causation
  • consideration
  • creator
  • determinant
  • doer
  • element
  • end
  • explanation
  • foundation
  • allegation
  • beef
  • complaint
  • gripe
  • imputation
  • indictment
  • plaint
  • stink
  • charge
  • chargé d'affaires ad interim
  • asphyxiate
  • bar
  • check
  • clog
  • close
  • congest
  • constrict
  • dam
  • die
  • drown
  • fill
  • gag
  • garrote
  • gasp
  • gibbet
  • kill
  • beset
  • browbeat
  • bulldoze
  • bully
  • concuss
  • constrain
  • cow
  • dragoon
  • drive
  • force
  • high pressure
  • hinder
  • impel
  • intimidate
  • lean on
  • make
  • act
  • adjuration
  • ban
  • behest
  • bidding
  • call
  • canon
  • caveat
  • charge
  • citation
  • commandment
  • decree
  • demand
  • devoir
  • dictate
  • dictation
  • bulldoze
  • coerce
  • concuss
  • constrain
  • crack down
  • dragoon
  • drive
  • enforce
  • exact
  • hustle
  • impel
  • make
  • make necessary
  • necessitate
  • oblige
  • put the arm on
  • beat
  • churn
  • convulse
  • disturb
  • rock
  • rouse
  • stir
  • toss
  • draftee
  • inductee
  • ban
  • bar
  • bind
  • bottle up
  • bridle
  • chain
  • check
  • coerce
  • compel
  • concuss
  • confine
  • constrict
  • cool off
  • cork
  • curb
  • deny
  • arrangement
  • bargain
  • bond
  • commission
  • commitment
  • compact
  • concordat
  • convention
  • covenant
  • deposition
  • dicker
  • engagement
  • evidence
  • guarantee
  • handshake
  • indenture
  • appeal
  • application
  • arrogation
  • bid
  • bidding
  • call
  • call for
  • charge
  • claim
  • clamor
  • command
  • counterclaim
  • entreatment
  • entreaty
  • exaction
  • impetration
  • abstract
  • blueprint
  • delineation
  • outline
  • preliminary form
  • rough sketch
  • version
  • annoyance
  • bore
  • bother
  • burden
  • encumbrance
  • hang-up
  • hindrance
  • impediment
  • nuisance
  • pain
  • pest
  • pill
  • sway
  • trouble
  • browbeat
  • bulldoze
  • dominate
  • domineer
  • oppress
  • order around
  • push around
  • tyrannize
  • Sunday drive
  • airing
  • commute
  • excursion
  • expedition
  • hitch
  • jaunt
  • joyride
  • lift
  • outing
  • pickup
  • ramble
  • ride
  • run
  • spin
  • tour
  • accomplish
  • administer
  • administrate
  • apply
  • carry out
  • coerce
  • commandeer
  • compel
  • constrain
  • crack down
  • demand
  • dictate
  • discharge
  • dragoon
  • drive
  • effect
  • adjure
  • admonish
  • advise
  • appoint
  • bid
  • call upon
  • caution
  • charge
  • counsel
  • decree
  • demand
  • dictate
  • direct
  • forewarn
  • impose
  • instruct
  • bull's-eye
  • careful
  • clear
  • clear-cut
  • correct
  • dead on
  • definite
  • distinct
  • downright
  • explicit
  • express
  • faithful
  • faultless
  • identical
  • literal
  • methodical
  • bleed
  • bully
  • clip
  • coerce
  • demand
  • educe
  • elicit
  • evince
  • exact
  • extract
  • fleece
  • force
  • get
  • gouge
  • hold up
  • ice
  • box
  • corner
  • dilemma
  • embarrassment
  • hole
  • hot water
  • jam
  • mess
  • pickle
  • plight
  • predicament
  • quandary
  • scrape
  • spot
  • actuate
  • boost
  • compel
  • constrain
  • drive
  • excite
  • foment
  • force
  • goad
  • induce
  • influence
  • inspire
  • instigate
  • jog
  • lash
  • mobilize
  • appoint
  • burden
  • charge
  • command
  • compel
  • constrain
  • decree
  • demand
  • encroach
  • enforce
  • enjoin
  • establish
  • exact
  • fix
  • foist
  • force
  • affect
  • arouse
  • awe
  • be conspicuous
  • blow away
  • buffalo
  • bulldoze
  • carry
  • electrify
  • enforce
  • enthuse
  • excite
  • faze
  • galvanize
  • get
  • grab
  • administer
  • apply
  • bring upon
  • command
  • deal out
  • deliver
  • dispense
  • exact
  • expose
  • extort
  • force
  • force upon
  • give
  • give it to
  • lay down the law
  • levy
  • assert
  • asseverate
  • aver
  • be firm
  • contend
  • demand
  • hold
  • importune
  • lay down the law
  • maintain
  • persist
  • press
  • reiterate
  • repeat
  • request
  • require
  • absolute
  • bitter end
  • border
  • bottom line
  • bound
  • bourne
  • breaking point
  • brim
  • brink
  • cap
  • ceiling
  • check
  • circumscription
  • conclusion
  • confinement
  • confines
  • accomplish
  • adjust
  • arrange
  • assemble
  • beget
  • brew
  • bring about
  • cause
  • compose
  • conceive
  • constitute
  • construct
  • cook
  • cook up
  • dash off
  • draw on
  • act
  • action
  • alteration
  • change
  • maneuver
  • measure
  • modification
  • motion
  • movement
  • ploy
  • procedure
  • proceeding
  • shift
  • step
  • stir
  • stirring
  • ask
  • behoove
  • cause
  • coerce
  • command
  • compel
  • constrain
  • crave
  • demand
  • drive
  • entail
  • force
  • impel
  • make
  • oblige
  • postulate
  • bind
  • coerce
  • command
  • compel
  • constrain
  • force
  • impel
  • make
  • necessitate
  • obligate
  • shotgun
  • impose
  • infringe
  • interfere
  • intrude
  • break
  • convenience
  • demand
  • excuse
  • incident
  • instant
  • moment
  • need
  • occurrence
  • opening
  • opportunity
  • possibility
  • season
  • shot
  • show
  • time
  • adjustment
  • aligning
  • array
  • assortment
  • cast
  • categorization
  • classification
  • codification
  • composition
  • computation
  • disposal
  • disposition
  • distribution
  • establishment
  • form
  • grouping
  • affected
  • at a loss for words
  • beaten
  • blown-away
  • bowled-over
  • buried
  • conquered
  • defeated
  • overthrown
  • run-over
  • speechless
  • swamped
  • swept off one's feet
  • taken
  • unable to continue
  • adhere
  • attach
  • bandage
  • border
  • chain
  • cinch
  • clamp
  • connect
  • constrict
  • cover
  • dress
  • edge
  • encase
  • enchain
  • enfetter
  • fetter
  • columnist
  • correspondent
  • editor
  • fourth estate
  • interviewer
  • journalism
  • journalist
  • magazine
  • media
  • newspaper
  • newsperson
  • paper
  • periodical
  • photographer
  • publicist
  • publisher
  • burden
  • compressing
  • compression
  • crushing
  • encumbrance
  • heaviness
  • load
  • mass
  • shear
  • squeeze
  • squeezing
  • strain
  • strength
  • stress
  • tension
  • thrust
  • beset
  • browbeat
  • bulldoze
  • bully
  • concuss
  • constrain
  • cow
  • dragoon
  • drive
  • force
  • high pressure
  • hinder
  • impel
  • intimidate
  • lean on
  • make
  • accomplish
  • administer
  • administrate
  • apply
  • carry out
  • coerce
  • commandeer
  • compel
  • constrain
  • crack down
  • demand
  • dictate
  • discharge
  • dragoon
  • drive
  • effect
  • apply
  • bear down
  • bear hard on
  • bind
  • blackmail
  • bring pressure to bear upon
  • burden
  • cause
  • charge
  • choke
  • coerce
  • command
  • compel
  • concuss
  • conscript
  • constrain
  • crave
  • depend upon
  • desire
  • feel necessity for
  • have need
  • hurting for
  • lack
  • miss
  • stand in need
  • wish
  • bind
  • bottle up
  • bound
  • chain
  • check
  • circumscribe
  • come down on
  • constrict
  • contain
  • contract
  • cool down
  • cramp
  • curb
  • decrease
  • define
  • delimit
  • balance
  • brace
  • bracket
  • counterbalance
  • counterweight
  • equilibrium
  • stability
  • stabilizer
  • support
  • weight
  • beset
  • browbeat
  • bulldoze
  • bully
  • concuss
  • constrain
  • cow
  • dragoon
  • drive
  • force
  • high pressure
  • hinder
  • impel
  • intimidate
  • lean on
  • make
  • assault
  • browbeat
  • coerce
  • force
  • intimidate
  • terrorize
  • violence
  • appetite
  • appetition
  • compulsion
  • craving
  • drive
  • druthers
  • fancy
  • fire in belly
  • goad
  • impetus
  • impulse
  • incentive
  • itch
  • longing
  • lust
  • motive
  • exact
  • extort
  • extract
  • falsify
  • force
  • rend
  • seize
  • squeeze
  • take
  • usurp
  • wrench
  • wrestle
  • wring
  • choke
  • coerce
  • compress
  • draw out
  • exact
  • extort
  • extract
  • force
  • gouge
  • hurt
  • pain
  • pinch
  • pry
  • push
  • screw
  • shake down

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