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bore on

bore on is the simple past of bear on.

Meaning of bear on

Verb

bear on (third-person singular simple present bears on, present participle bearing on, simple past bore on, past participle borne on)

  1. To influence, have an effect on.
    Synonyms:
    bear upon
  2. To be relevant to.
    • That ruling bears on our application.
  3. To harm, hinder or be a burden upon.

Questions about bore on

What is bore on the simple past of?
Bore on is the simple past of bear on.

Words near bore on in the dictionary

  1. bore lakes
  2. bore needle
  3. bore needles
  4. bore off
  5. bore off from
  6. bore on
  7. bore oneself
  8. bore out
  9. bore sight
  10. bore sighted
  11. bore sighting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bore on (page history and authors); bear on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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