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Definition

Stress or pressure of a situation acting upon a person.

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Origins

From gravity + -'s + pull, literally “the pull of gravity”. Pull is a common collocation of the word gravity, especially as the phrasal verb pull down.

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In Context

  • "Feeling Gravitys [sic] Pull"
  • "Call it a dark night of the soul. / Ticking the clocks, gravity's pull."
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