bear down on sb/sth
— phrasal verb with bear uk/beər/us/ber/verb bore, borne or US also born
to move in a threatening way towards someone or something:
I looked up to see the car bearing down on me.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Pursuing
- be hot on sb's track/trail idiom
- be on sb's tail idiom
- bear
- bring
- bring up the rear idiom
- chase
- convoy
- heel
- hot
- in hot pursuit idiom
- on the scent idiom
- pursue
- pursuer
- pursuit
- run
- scent
- stalk
- tag
- tailgate
- track
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