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press down

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Verb1.press down - press down; "Depress the space key"
depress
move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
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In this state of mind the four walls of his room made an intolerable prison to him; they seemed to hem in and press down upon him all the crowd of contradictory thoughts and conflicting feelings, some of which would fly away in the open air.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
She hung on, striving to press down with her teeth to the great vein were his life-blood bubbled.
White Fang by London, Jack View in context
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