Strain synonyms | phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs with similar meaning for Strain

• tense up
• go all out

  pull out all the stops, work very hard
• wear out

  exhaust
• weigh down

  encumber, outweigh
• separate out
• knock oneself out

  slave, knacker
• filter out
• peg away

  work very hard
• bend over backwards

  strive, pull out all the stops
• overdo it
• use up

  exceed the limits of
• bear down

  work very hard
• put out
• tire out
• draw out
• make excessive demands on

  make severe demands on
• put a strain on

  test
• make demands on
• get to
• pick at

  cause mental stress
• draw off
• stretch out
• put forth
• dwell on
• pick on
• pour it on
• plug away
• buckle down
• knuckle down
• take on
• wear down
• prey on
• put screws to
• saddle with
• weigh heavily on
• pass through
• bid for
• hammer away
• exert yourself
• go for it

  strive
• throw out

  wrench, hurt oneself
• bend over

  struggle, bow the back
• draw together

  bow the back
• string up
• wire in
• pull on
• do violence to
• leak out
• screw up
• make too much of