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Bring Phrasal Verbs start learning		´´
bring something about start learning		´´
1. Cause something to happen. start learning		´´
‘she brought about a revolution in psychoanalysis’ start learning		´´
2. Cause a ship to head in a different direction. start learning		´´
‘he brought the ship about in a stylish tack’ start learning		´´
bring something back start learning		´´
1. Reintroduce something. start learning		´´
‘bringing back capital punishment would solve nothing’ start learning		´´
1.1. Cause something to return. start learning		´´
‘the smell of the tiny church brought back every memory of my childhood’ start learning		´´
bring someone down start learning		´´
1. Cause someone to lose power. start learning		´´
‘the vote will not bring down the government’ start learning		´´
1.1. Cause someone to fall over, especially by tackling them during a football or rugby match. start learning		´´
‘Harris was brought down by Palmer on the edge of the box’ start learning		´´
1.2. Make someone unhappy. start learning		´´
‘she was in such a good mood I couldn't bear to bring her down’ start learning		´´
bring someone/something down start learning		´´
Cause someone or something to fall over by shooting them. start learning		´´
‘too bad he couldn't bring the bear down with a clean shot’ start learning		´´
bring something forth start learning		´´
Give birth to something. start learning		´´
‘why does Elsbeth not bring forth a child?’ start learning		´´
bring something forward start learning		´´
1. Move a meeting or event to an earlier date or time. start learning		´´
‘the congress has been brought forward by a year’ start learning		´´
2. (in bookkeeping) transfer a total sum from the bottom of one page to the top of the next. start learning		´´
‘a profit and loss balance brought forward of £5,000,000’ start learning		´´
3. Propose a plan or idea for consideration. start learning		´´
‘I realize that when I bring forward proposals they will have to be judged on their merits’ start learning		´´
bring something in start learning		´´
1. Introduce a new law or product. start learning		´´
‘Congress brought in reforms to prevent abuse of presidential power’ start learning		´´
2. (of a jury) give a decision in court. start learning		´´
‘the jury brought in a unanimous verdict’ start learning		´´
bring someone off start learning		´´
1. Rescue someone from a ship in difficulties. start learning		´´
‘‘Any men been brought off yet?’ Joe asked one of the fishermen on the beach’ start learning		´´
2. Give someone or oneself an orgasm. start learning		´´
bring something off start learning		´´
Achieve something successfully. start learning		´´
‘a good omelette is very hard to bring off’ start learning		´´
bring someone on start learning		´´
Encourage someone who is learning something to develop or improve. start learning		´´
‘Mr Edom thought well of him, and was bringing him on’ start learning		´´
bring something on start learning		´´
1. Cause something, typically something unpleasant, to occur. start learning		´´
‘ulcers are not brought on by a rich diet’ start learning		´´
1.1. Be responsible for something unpleasant that happens to (oneself or someone else) start learning		´´
‘he's brought it upon himself—he's not a victim’ start learning		´´
2. (of the weather) promote the growth of crops. start learning		´´
bring someone out start learning		´´
1. Encourage someone to feel more confident. start learning		´´
‘she needs friends to bring her out of herself’ start learning		´´
2. Cause someone to go on strike. start learning		´´
‘protest aimed at bringing out the miners who were still at work’ start learning		´´
bring something out start learning		´´
1. Produce and launch a new product or publication. start learning		´´
‘the band are bringing out a video’ start learning		´´
2. Make something more evident; emphasize something. start learning		´´
‘the shawl brings out the colour of your eyes’ start learning		´´
bring someone round start learning		´´
1. Restore someone to consciousness. start learning		´´
‘she administered artificial respiration and brought him round’ start learning		´´
2. Persuade someone to agree to something. start learning		´´
‘she's not keen, but I think I can bring her round’ start learning		´´
bring something to start learning		´´
Cause a boat to stop, especially by turning into the wind. start learning		´´
bring someone to start learning		´´
Restore someone to consciousness. start learning		´´
bring up start learning		´´
(chiefly of a ship) come to a stop. start learning		´´
bring someone up start learning		´´
1. Look after a child until it is an adult. start learning		´´
‘she was partly brought up by her maternal grandparents’ start learning		´´
1.1. Be taught as a child to adopt particular behaviour or attitudes. start learning		´´
‘he had been brought up to believe that marriage was forever’ start learning		´´
bring something up start learning		´´
1. Vomit something. start learning		´´
‘fortunately I brought up the poison’ start learning		´´
2. Raise a matter for discussion or consideration. start learning		´´
‘she tried repeatedly to bring up the subject of money’ start learning		´´

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