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bring sb out in sth UK If something brings you out in spots, a rash , etc., it causes them to appear on your skin • Seafood always brings me out in huge spots.
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bring sth down [ M ] to reduce the level of something • They've really brought down the price of DVD players.
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bring sb out [ M ] UK to make a shy person happier and more confident • Paulo's very shy - he needs bringing out.
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bring sb in [ M ] to ask someone to do a particular job • We need to bring in an expert to deal with this problem.
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bring sb down [ M ] to cause someone in a position of power to lose their job • This scandal could bring down the government.
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bring sb round ( US usually bring sb around ) MAKE CONSCIOUS 1. to make someone become conscious again after being unconscious • I gave him a sniff of smelling salts to bring him round.
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bring sth forward [ M ] mainly UK to change the date or time of an event so that it happens earlier than planned • The elections were brought forward by three months.
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bring sb up [ M ] to care for a child until it is an adult, often giving it particular beliefs • She was brought up by her grandmother. • They brought her up (as/to be) a Catholic. • [ + to infinitive ]: David was brought up to respect authority.
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bring sth back [ M ] DO AGAIN 3. to start to do or use something that was done or used in the past • Few politicians are in favour of bringing back the death penalty.
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bring sth back [ M ] REMEMBER 2. to make someone think about something from the past • The photos brought back some wonderful memories.
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verb carry to: Bring me some tea, please.
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bring sth out [ M ] MAKE NOTICEABLE 2. to make a particular quality or detail noticeable • A crisis can bring out the best and the worst in people. • The seasoning really brings out the flavour of the meat.
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bring sb/sth together to cause people to be friendly with each other • The disaster brought the community together.
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bring sth out [ M ] PRODUCE 1. to produce something to sell to the public • They keep bringing out smaller phones.
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bring nouns bring peace/war • The treaty brought peace to both England and France. bring chaos • A bomb scare brought chaos to the town centre yesterday. bring somebody pleasure/joy/pain/grief etc • The decision brought him great relief. phrases bring something to an end/halt (= especially something bad ) • It is our resonsibility to discuss how this conflict can be brought to an end. bring something to a close (= especially a meeting ) • At last the meeting was brought to a close. bring something to a conclusion (= used especially in law ) • Juvenile cases need to be brought to a conclusion quickly. bring somebody to power (= make someone have power over a country ) • The revolution brought to power a communist government. bring somebody to justice (= catch and punish someone for their actions ) • The authorities swore that the killers would be brought to justice. bring somebody into contact with somebody/something • The people of the island were suddenly brought into contact with the outside world. bring something/somebody to their knees (= make it almost impossible for somebody/something to continue ) • A severe drought brought the country to its knees.
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bring sth in [ M ] MONEY 2. to make money • Their chain of pubs and restaurants brings in millions of pounds a year.
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bring sth up [ M ] VOMIT 2. UK informal to vomit something • She was crying so much I thought she'd bring up her breakfast.
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bring sth up [ M ] TALK 1. to start to talk about a particular subject • She's always bringing up her health problems.
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bring sth in [ M ] INTRODUCE 1. to introduce something new such as a product or a law • New safety regulations have been brought in.
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bring sb round ( US usually bring sb around ) PERSUADE 2. to persuade someone to have the same opinion as you have • At first they refused but I managed to bring them round ( to my way of thinking).
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bring sth off [ M ] to succeed in doing something difficult • It was an important event, and she's managed to bring it off brilliantly.
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bring to take something or someone to the place where you are now, or the place where you are going: • Have you brought your ticket with you? • He asked his father if he could bring a friend to stay. take to move something to another place, or help someone go to another place: • I took a book with me to read on the train. • He was taken to hospital by ambulance. get ( also fetch especially British English ) to go to another place and come back with something or someone: • I went upstairs to get my jacket. • Joseph told me to fetch the doctor, so I ran to the village.
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bring sth about [ M ] to cause something to happen • He brought about his company's collapse by his reckless spending.
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verb PHRASAL VERBS bring sb up ADV. badly, well children who have been well brought up
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bring sth on [ M ] 1. to make something happen, usually something bad • The loud music brought on another one of his headaches.
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bring sb to to make someone become conscious again after being unconscious • He lost consciousness after the fall, and they were unable to bring him to.
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bring sb/sth along mainly UK to take someone or something with you • Can I bring a friend along to the party?
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bring sth back [ M ] RETURN 1. to return from somewhere with something • [ + two objects ]: Can you bring me back some milk?
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