Idiom idiom
weigh down
Meaning
To be too much for someone to cope with.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“These bags are starting to weigh me down.”
“She didn't want to weigh her family down with her problems, so she stayed quiet.”
“Years of unspoken resentment had begun to weigh him down, turning every conversation into a burden he could no longer bear.”
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Last updated August 10, 2026