From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbear on/upon something phrasal verb formalCONNECTED WITHto relate to and possibly influence something the national policies which bear on these problems → bear→ See Verb table
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bear on/upon • Each processor is brought to bear on a problem at once.• We have seen in the present chapter that a number of forces bear upon both supply and demand.• Although often oversimplified or oversold, some of the principles of the human potential movement bear on business organizations.• Third, the use of violence and the level of repression have a direct bearing on movement outcomes.• How do these findings bear upon our earlier discussion of Zande witchcraft?• This chapter has reviewed a wide range of research which may bear on relationships between subjective risk and memory for driving situations.• Mr Lewis was talking to him when we came up the stairs, and he slapped the bear on the back.• Employers brought maximum pressure to bear on workers in order to restore order: recalcitrant strikers faced lock-outs. 