weight down

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Verb

weight down - weight down with a load

burden, burthen, weight

overburden - load with excessive weight

plumb - weight with lead

charge - fill or load to capacity; "charge the wagon with hay"

saddle - load or burden; encumber; "he saddled me with that heavy responsibility"

Translations

beschweren

caricare

w>weight down

vt sep person (with parcels etc) → überladen; corpse → beschweren; (fig) → belasten, niederdrücken

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It was small enough, but do what we would we could not get its weight down under about forty pounds a man.

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And ever since he had never managed to get his weight down as much as an ounce.

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After a while this ceased, and then came the scuffling and shuffling of men's feet as they carried a heavy weight down the steep and winding stairs.

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The automaker stated that the carbon fibre used in the car brings the dry weight down to 3,351 pounds.

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But I kept hearing ordinary people saying they've run this and that and thought, 'If they can do it, why can't I?' "Running has helped bring my weight down and is a fantastic way to enjoy being outdoors and meet new people.

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At 6ft he is tall for a jockey so has to keep his weight down to just over 10 stones.

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Each vest features both shoulder (1/4lb each) and pocket weights (1lb each) providing weight down through the shoulders and directed toward the hips.