bear on
• be relevant to something.
• "two kinds of theories bear on literary studies"
Similar:
be relevant to,
appertain to,
pertain to,
relate to,
have a bearing on,
have relevance to,
apply to,
be pertinent to,
have reference to,
concern,
be concerned with,
have to do with,
be connected with,
Opposite:
be irrelevant to,
• be a burden on someone.
• "the extension of VAT to domestic fuel will bear hard on the low-paid"
