bear down vs gammon

bear down

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

  • To approach in a determined manner. 

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

  • To intensify one's efforts. 

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

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

gammon

verb
  • To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone). 

  • To lash with ropes (on a ship). 

  • To cure bacon by salting. 

noun
  • Backgammon (the game itself). 

  • A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning). 

  • A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone. 

  • A cut of quick-cured pork leg. 

  • A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively. 

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