Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To carry, convey, lead, or cause to go along to another place.
- transitive verb To carry as an attribute or contribution.
- transitive verb To lead or force into a specified state, situation, or location.
- transitive verb To persuade; induce.
- transitive verb To get the attention of; attract.
- transitive verb To cause to occur as a consequence.
- transitive verb To cause to occur as a concomitant.
- transitive verb To cause to become apparent to the mind; recall.
- transitive verb To advance or set forth (charges) in a court.
- transitive verb To be sold for.
- idiom (bring down the house) To win overwhelming approval from an audience.
- idiom (bring home) To make perfectly clear.
- idiom (bring home the bacon) To earn a living, especially for a family.
- idiom (bring home the bacon) To achieve desired results; have success.
- idiom (bring to bear) To exert; apply.
- idiom (bring to bear) To put (something) to good use.
- idiom (bring to light) To reveal or disclose.
- idiom (bring to (one's) knees) To reduce to a position of subservience or submission.
- idiom (bring to terms) To force (another) to agree.
- idiom (bring up the rear) To be the last in a line or sequence.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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His first veto will bring it down to 29%….second veto will net 28%…..bring on the bills, bring on the vetoes, but by all means bring ‘em on with impeachment proceedings.
Think Progress » House passes prescription drug reform. 2007
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I was sitting in Ron's when my phone rang. * bring bring* "Hello?"
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His first veto will bring it down to 29%….second veto will net 28%…..bring on the bills, bring on the vetoes, but by all means bring ‘em on with impeachment proceedings.
Think Progress » House passes prescription drug reform. 2007
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Mr. and Mrs. Swanson paid me to find you and bring you back; offered a bonus for the ’bring you back’ part.
Fateful Journeys Gary E. Parker 2005
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IV. iii.188 (361,1) Let it no more bring out ingrateful man!] [W: out to ungrateful] It is plain that _bring out_ is _bring forth_, with which the following lines correspond so plainly, that the commentator might be suspected of writing his note without reading the whole passage.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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It called the threat a "bad miscalculation", and appeared to goad Anonymous to action, with the phrase "bring it!"
BBC News - Home 2011
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Each of the nine South American countries competing for the title bring five-man rosters.
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"The civil rights movement had the power to … what I call bring the dirt, the filth from under the American rug out of the cracks and corners, into the light so we can deal with it," said Lewis, a superdelegate who supports Obama, at a forum on faith and civil rights at Washington's National Cathedral.
CNN Political Ticker 2009
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Now that Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as the new Israeli Prime Minister, what kind of impact will his new title bring to Mid-East Peace developments?
KCBS Bay Area News 2009
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Now that Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as the new Israeli Prime Minister, what kind of impact will his new title bring to Mid-East Peace developments?
KCBS Bay Area News 2009
qroqqa commented on the word bring
'He brings with him his expertise in . . .'
As opposed to bringing with his chauffeur? But it sounds more natural with 'with him'.
March 25, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word bring
Or perhaps simply, "He brings expertise in ..."?
March 25, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word bring
The Usage Note from the American Heritage Dictionary has a lot about the differences between bring and take, but at the end it has this bit about brung: "The form brung is common in colloquial use in many areas, even among educated speakers, but it is not acceptable for use in formal writing."
March 1, 2011