Meaning of weigh on | Babel Free

Definitions

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

figuratively

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Examples

“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⟳.”

“[H]er cat [...] has been missing for two days, she tells me, and his unexplained absence has been weighing on her mind⟳.”

“Lance Fritz, the president and C.E.O. of Union Pacific Railroad, said pulling out of Nafta would harm⟳ trade⟳, which would in turn⟳ weigh⟳ on his business.”

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