BEAR HARD, HEAVILY, SEVERELY, ETC. ON SB


Meaning of BEAR HARD, HEAVILY, SEVERELY, ETC. ON SB in English

( formal ) to be a cause of difficulty or suffering to sb :

Taxation bears heavily on us all.

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