WordNet
press down
v. press down; "Depress the space key" [syn: depress]
Usage examples of "press down".
After a moment he felt the Darhel start to press down and it was like having his hand in the grip of a mechanical press.
The slate-dark sky seemed to press down toward the gray granite monuments, while those rectangles and squares and spires strained up like the knobs of ancient time-stained bones half buried in the earth.
It seemed natural to lie back on the bed, to have his body, the hard weight of it, press down on hers.