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bear against

verb

Definitions

  1. To approach someone or something as for an attack

    • I caught some good shots of a wolf bearing against a caribou.

  2. To be forced to strike upon

    To be forced to strike upon; to bang against; to wear away at (especially in theology).

    • The top side of that has been bearing against the wall for years.

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