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• bring pressure to bear — index coerce, influence, lobby, prejudice (influence), press (constrain) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Bur …   Law dictionary

• bring pressure to bear upon — index compel, constrain (compel) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• bring pressure to bear on — compel to act, pressure …   English contemporary dictionary

• bring pressure to bear on — attempt to coerce they brought pressure to bear on him to resign …   Useful english dictionary

• pressure — I n. 1) to exert, place, put pressure on smb. 2) to bring pressure to bear on smb. 3) to build up, increase (the) pressure 4) to feel pressure 5) to ease, relieve (the) pressure 6) to face; resist pressure (to resist pressure from extremist… …   Combinatory dictionary

• pressure — 1 noun 1 force (U) the act of force or weight being put on to something: The pressure of the water turns the wheel. | factors such as temperature and pressure 2 strength (C, U) the strength of the force or weight put on something: high/low… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pressure — I UK [ˈpreʃə(r)] / US [ˈpreʃər] noun Word forms pressure : singular pressure plural pressures *** 1) [countable/uncountable] attempts to persuade, threaten, or force someone to do something pressure for: Pressure for political change increased in …   English dictionary

• bring to bear — verb bring into operation or effect (Freq. 4) The new members brought to bear new concerns to the U.N. • Hypernyms: ↑effect • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Something s something * * * bring to …   Useful english dictionary

• bring to bear — phrasal to use with effect < bring pressure to bear > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bring to bear — idi , to force to have an impact: to bring pressure to bear on union members to end a strike[/ex] …   From formal English to slang

• Pressure politics — generally refers to political action which relies heavily on the use of mass media and mass communications to persuade politicians that the public wants or demands a particular action. However, it commonly includes intimidation, threats, and… …   Wikipedia