bear down

To push down hard, or to try much harder at something.

"Bear down on the wound firmly to stop the bleeding."

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John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, and Rockets | Lex Fridman Podcast #309

Lex Fridman · 169:47

to do is usually just kind of bear down on my work.

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