# gravity's pull

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/gravitys-pull
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Stress or pressure of a situation acting upon a person.

## Examples

- The gravity's pull of his new responsibilities feels heavy today.
- As the deadline approached, she struggled to work under the gravity's pull of her manager's high expectations.
- Despite his desire for freedom, he found himself unable to escape the gravity's pull of his family's long-standing traditions and expectations.

## Origin

From gravity + -'s + pull, literally the pull of gravity. The noun pull is a common collocation of the word gravity, particularly as the phrasal verb pull down.

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