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— Emily Dickinson

"Hope" is the thing with feathers --

That perches in the soul --

And sings the tune without the words --

And never stops -- at all --

…

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verb

To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

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weigh down

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To act as a ballast for.

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“We used some sandbags to weigh down the balloon.”

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Related Words

bear downbear down onweigh ondrag downpress down onballastweight downhang on

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