weigh down

verb

1. (adverb) to press (a person) down by or as if by weight

   his troubles weighed him down

Idioms and Phrases

Burden, oppress, as in Their problems have weighed them down. This expression transfers bowing under a physical weight to emotional burdens. [c. 1600]

Related Words

• hold down 
• overburden 
• overload 
• sadden