press down on

press down on someone or something

to push down on someone or something. The weight of all the covers was pressing down on me, and I couldn't sleep. Press down on this lever and the recorder will start.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
StaŠA	-	Serbian, Slovene, Croatian
Iosif	ee-O-seef (Russian), YO-seef (Romanian)	Russian, Romanian, Greek
Babur	-	Urdu
Borya	-	Russian
Triston	TRIS-tən	English (Modern)
Hamilton	HAM-il-tən	English