load down

load (someone or something) down

1. To force someone, something, or an animal to carry a great deal of weight. Make sure there's a train station near the hotel—we don't want to be walking across town loaded down with suitcases. We loaded down the truck with as much many barrels of oil as it could handle and got the heck out of there. Be careful not to load the mules down with anything you don't need on the trip.
2. To overburden someone with work, assignments, or tasks. I hate the way schools are loading students down with so much homework these days. You've been loaded down with way too much at work lately. I think it's time you took a vacation.
See also: down, load
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

load someone or something down (with someone or something)

to burden someone or something with someone or something. Don't load down my car with too many people. Tom loaded himself down with work every weekend.
See also: down, load
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

load down

v.
1. To give someone or something too much weight to carry: The driver loaded the truck down with cement. I loaded down the car with crates of groceries. The students' backpacks are loaded down with books.
2. To give someone too much work to do: My boss loaded me down with a lot of paperwork. The new professor loaded down the class with homework.
See also: down, load
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • walk away
  • stumble into
  • stumble into (someone or something)
  • be walking a tightrope
  • walking
  • be walking on eggshells
  • be walking on air
  • gimpy
  • MBWA
  • a walking thesaurus
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But drop the load down a little, and you'll find your gun full of it.
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To put the load down, bend knees, keep back straight.
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