bring down vs downbear

bring down

verb
  • To reduce. 

  • To cause to fall down, e.g. in an accident. 

  • To make something, especially something flying, fall to the ground, usually by firing a weapon of some kind. 

  • To make someone feel bad emotionally. 

  • To make a ruler lose their position of power. 

  • To cause an opponent to fall after a tackle. 

  • To humble. 

downbear

verb
  • To lessen; reduce. 

  • To bear or press down (on); press upon; depress; subdue. 

  • To bear, bring or carry down. 

How often have the words bring down and downbear occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )