bear down vs squad

bear down

verb
  • To intensify one's efforts. 

  • To approach in a determined manner. 

  • To steer away from the wind; to approach from windward. 

  • To exert downward pressure on one's abdomen, as in giving birth, forcing out feces, and some similar bodily maneuvers. 

  • To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, down. 

squad

verb
  • To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad. 

noun
  • Sloppy mud. 

  • One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps. 

  • A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members. 

  • A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen. 

  • A collective noun for a group of squid. 

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