weigh on

Definitions

1. 1

   To cause distress to or impose a burden on

   To cause distress to or impose a burden on; to trouble.

   • She had got rid of two of the secrets which had weighed on her for a fortnight, and was certain of a willing listener in Jane, [...]
   • The Crimean war weighed on him like a nightmare.
   • Her shame weighed on her like a physical oppression: the roof and walls seemed to be closing in on her, and she was seized by the impulse to get away, under the open sky, where there would be room to breathe.

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