Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bore down

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables
bore -down
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of bear down

Questions

What does bore down mean?
simple past of bear down

How to pronounce bore down

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