to cause problems for someone or something, or to make someone worried
to make someone heavy and unable to move easily
Duplicates of applications and identification papers weigh down my hands.
If you weigh yourself down you’ll get very tired.
The waiters were weighed down by huge trays of food.
They were looking for the odd escudo to weigh down the damp pockets creeping up their thighs.
Wall Street has been weighed down by economic uncertainty.
weighs down
weighing down
weighed down
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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