bring : Idioms & Phrases

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bring about

  • verb cause to move into the opposite direction
    • they brought about the boat when they saw a storm approaching
  • verb cause to happen, occur or exist
    produce; give rise.
    • This procedure produces a curious effect
    • The new law gave rise to many complaints
    • These chemicals produce a noxious vapor
    • the new President must bring about a change in the health care system
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bring around

  • verb cause to adopt an opinion or course of action
    bring around.
    • His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school
  • verb provide a cure for, make healthy again
    heal; cure.
    • The treatment cured the boy's acne
    • The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to
  • verb return to consciousness
    bring back; bring around; bring round.
    • These pictures bring back sad memories
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bring back

  • verb bring back to the point of departure
    take back; return.
  • verb return to consciousness
    bring back; bring around; bring round.
    • These pictures bring back sad memories
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bring down

  • verb move something or somebody to a lower position
    take down; lower; get down; let down.
    • take down the vase from the shelf
  • verb cause the downfall of; of rulers
    subvert; overturn; overthrow.
    • The Czar was overthrown
    • subvert the ruling class
  • verb impose something unpleasant
    impose; visit; inflict.
    • The principal visited his rage on the students
  • verb cause to come to the ground
    land; put down.
    • the pilot managed to land the airplane safely
  • verb cause to be enthusiastic
    • Her playing brought down the house
  • verb cut down on; make a reduction in
    trim; cut; cut back; reduce; cut down; trim down; trim back.
    • reduce your daily fat intake
    • The employer wants to cut back health benefits
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bring forth

  • verb bring into existence
    generate.
    • The new manager generated a lot of problems
    • The computer bug generated chaos in the office
    • The computer generated this image
    • The earthquake generated a tsunami
  • verb bring out for display
    produce.
    • The proud father produced many pictures of his baby
    • The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him
  • verb bring forth or yield
    produce.
    • The tree would not produce fruit
  • verb make children
    engender; sire; get; father; mother; beget; generate.
    • Abraham begot Isaac
    • Men often father children but don't recognize them
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bring forward

  • verb cause to move forward
    advance.
    • Can you move the car seat forward?
  • verb bring forward for consideration
    call up.
    • The case was called up in court
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bring home

  • verb make understandable and clear
    • This brings home my point
  • verb earn as a salary or wage
    take home.
    • How much does your wife take home after taxes and other deductions?
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bring home the bacon

  • verb attain success or reach a desired goal
    win; come through; succeed; deliver the goods.
    • The enterprise succeeded
    • We succeeded in getting tickets to the show
    • she struggled to overcome her handicap and won
  • verb supply means of subsistence; earn a living
    provide.
    • He provides for his large family by working three jobs
    • Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon
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bring in

  • verb bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment
    introduce.
    • He brought in a new judge
    • The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor
  • verb earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
    earn; clear; pull in; take in; gain; realise; realize; make.
    • How much do you make a month in your new job?
    • She earns a lot in her new job
    • this merger brought in lots of money
    • He clears $5,000 each month
  • verb be sold for a certain price
    bring; fetch.
    • The painting brought $10,000
    • The old print fetched a high price at the auction
  • verb submit (a verdict) to a court
  • verb transmit
    • The microphone brought in the sounds from the room next to mine
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bring off

  • verb be successful; achieve a goal
    manage; negociate; carry off; pull off.
    • She succeeded in persuading us all
    • I managed to carry the box upstairs
    • She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it
    • The pianist negociated the difficult runs
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bring on

  • verb cause to arise
    induce.
    • induce a crisis
  • verb bring onto the market or release
    produce; bring on.
    • produce a movie
    • bring out a book
    • produce a new play
  • verb cause to appear
    • bring on the birthday cake
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bring oneself

  • verb cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative
    • He could not bring himself to call his parents
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bring out

  • verb make visible
    uncover; reveal; unveil.
    • Summer brings out bright clothes
    • He brings out the best in her
  • verb bring out of a specific state
    let out.
  • verb prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
    release; issue; put out; publish.
    • publish a magazine or newspaper
  • verb direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
    set off.
    • This dress accentuates your nice figure!
    • I set off these words by brackets
  • verb bring onto the market or release
    produce; bring on.
    • produce a movie
    • bring out a book
    • produce a new play
  • verb encourage to be less reserved
    • The teacher tried to bring out the shy boy
  • verb take out of a container or enclosed space
    get out.
    • Get out your best dress--we are going to a party!
  • verb bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.
    introduce.
  • verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
    disclose; reveal; unwrap; expose; let on; discover; divulge; break; let out; give away.
    • The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
    • The actress won't reveal how old she is
    • bring out the truth
    • he broke the news to her
    • unwrap the evidence in the murder case
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bring outside

  • verb bring outside the body for surgery, of organs
    exteriorize.
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bring round

  • verb cause to adopt an opinion or course of action
    bring around.
    • His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school
  • verb return to consciousness
    bring back; bring around; bring round.
    • These pictures bring back sad memories
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bring through

  • verb bring into safety
    save; carry through; pull through.
    • We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack
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bring to

  • verb return to consciousness
    bring back; bring around; bring round.
    • These pictures bring back sad memories
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bring to bear

  • verb bring into operation or effect
    • The new members brought to bear new concerns to the U.N.
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bring together

  • verb cause to become joined or linked
    join.
    • join these two parts so that they fit together
  • verb bring together in a common cause or emotion
    draw together; bond.
    • The death of their child had drawn them together
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bring up

  • verb summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
    arouse; raise; invoke; conjure up; call down; call forth; evoke; put forward; stir; conjure.
    • raise the specter of unemployment
    • he conjured wild birds in the air
    • call down the spirits from the mountain
  • verb bring up
    parent; nurture; raise; rear.
    • raise a family
    • bring up children
  • verb promote from a lower position or rank
    • This player was brought up to the major league
  • verb raise from a lower to a higher position
    elevate; get up; lift; raise.
    • Raise your hands
    • Lift a load
  • verb cause to come to a sudden stop
    • The noise brought her up in shock
  • verb put forward for consideration or discussion
    raise.
    • raise the question of promotions
    • bring up an unpleasant topic
  • verb make reference to
    name; advert; mention; cite; refer.
    • His name was mentioned in connection with the invention
  • verb cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
    boot; reboot.
    • boot your computer
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bringing close together

  • noun the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue
    approximation.
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bringing up

  • noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
    fostering; upbringing; rearing; nurture; fosterage; breeding; raising.
    • they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
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By the lee, To bring by the lee

  • . See under By, and Bring.
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To hold, pat, ∨ bring one's nose to the grindstone

  • to oppress one; to keep one in a condition of servitude.
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To be brought to bed

  • to be delivered of a child; often followed by of; as, to be brought to bed of a son.
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To bring a sail to

  • (Naut.), to bend it to the yard.
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To bring about

  • to cause to take place; to accomplish.
  • to bring to pass; to effect; to accomplish.
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To bring back

  • . (a) To recall. (b) To restore, as something borrowed, to its owner.
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To bring by the lee

  • (Naut.), to incline so rapidly to leeward of the course, when a ship sails large, as to bring the lee side suddenly to the windward, any by laying the sails aback, expose her to danger of upsetting.
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To bring down

  • . (a) To cause to come down. (b) To humble or abase; as, to bring down high looks.
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To bring down the house

  • to cause tremendous applause. Colloq.
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To bring forth

  • . (a) To produce, as young fruit. (b) To bring to light; to make manifest.
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To bring forward

  • (a) To exhibit; to introduce; to produce to view. (b) To hasten; to promote; to forward. (c) To propose; to adduce; as, to bring forward arguments.
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To bring grist to the maill

  • to bring profitable business into one's hands; to be a source of profit. Colloq. Ayliffe.
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To bring home

  • . (a) To bring to one's house. (b) To prove conclusively; as, to bring home a charge of treason. (c) To cause one to feel or appreciate by personal experience. (d) (Naut.) To lift of its place, as an anchor.
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To bring in

  • . (a) To fetch from without; to import. (b) To introduce, as a bill in a deliberative assembly. (c) To return or repot to, or lay before, a court or other body; to render; as, to bring in a verdict or a report. (d) To take to an appointed place of deposit or collection; as, to bring in provisions or money for a specified object. (e) To produce, as income. (f) To induce to join.
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To bring into play, To come into play

  • to bring or come into use or exercise.
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To bring off

  • to bear or convey away; to clear from condemnation; to cause to escape.
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To bring on

  • . (a) To cause to begin. (b) To originate or cause to exist; as, to bring on a disease.
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To bring one on one's way

  • to accompany, guide, or attend one.
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To bring one round

  • . (a) To cause one to change his opinions or line of conduct . (b) To restore one to health . Colloq.
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To bring one to his bearings

  • to bring one to his senses.
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To bring out

  • to expose; to detect; to bring to light from concealment.
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To bring over

  • . (a) To fetch or bear across. (b) To convert by persuasion or other means; to cause to change sides or an opinion.
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To bring suit

  • . (Law) (a) To bring secta, followers or witnesses, to prove the plaintiff's demand. Obs. (b) In modern usage, to institute an action.
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To bring to

  • . (a) To resuscitate; to bring back to consciousness or life, as a fainting person. (b) (Naut.) To check the course of, as of a ship, by dropping the anchor, or by counterbracing the sails so as to keep her nearly stationary (she is then said to lie to). (c) To cause (a vessel) to lie to, as by firing across her course. (d) To apply a rope to the capstan.
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To bring to book

  • . (a) To compel to give an account. (b) To compare with an admitted authority. "To bring it manifestly to book is impossible." M. Arnold.
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To bring to grass

  • (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the surface of the ground.
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To bring to light

  • to cause to be disclosed.
  • to disclose; to discover; to make clear; to reveal.
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To bring to pass

  • to accomplish to effect. "Trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass." Ps. xxxvii. 5.
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To bring to pass, To come to pass

  • . See under Bring, and Come.
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To bring to terms

  • to compel (one) to agree, assent, or submit; to force (one) to come to terms.
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To bring to the gangway

  • to punish (a seaman) by flogging him at the gangway.
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To bring to the hammer

  • to put up at auction.
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To bring under

  • to subdue; to restrain; to reduce to obedience.
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To bring up

  • . (a) To carry upward; to nurse; to rear; to educate. (b) To cause to stop suddenly. (c) v. i. by dropping the reflexive pronoun To stop suddenly; to come to a standstill. Colloq.
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To bring up (any one) with a round turn

  • to cause (any one) to stop abruptly. Colloq.
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To bring up by hand

  • to feed (an infant) without suckling it.
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To bring up the rear

  • to come last or behind.
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To bring up with a round turn

  • to stop abruptly. Colloq.
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To hold, put, ∨ bring one's nose to the grindstone

  • . See under Grindstone.
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