Finally the meeting was brought to a close (=ended).broughtbrought /brɔːt $ brɒːt/ 
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Finally the meeting was brought to a close (=ended). His actions brought disgrace on the family. You’ve brought enough dishonour on your family already without causing any more trouble. Acting has brought me enormous enjoyment. The case brought to the fore a lot of racial tensions. The killers will be brought to justice (=caught and punished). All these concerns need to be brought out into the open. He’s brought shame on the whole family.
Finally the meeting was brought to a close (=ended). His actions brought disgrace on the family. You’ve brought enough dishonour on your family already without causing any more trouble. Acting has brought me enormous enjoyment. The case brought to the fore a lot of racial tensions. The killers will be brought to justice (=caught and punished). All these concerns need to be brought out into the open. He’s brought shame on the whole family.PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► look like something the cat dragged/brought in
the past tense and past participle of bring- New democracies have come into being since the end of the Cold War.
- It eventually came to light that the CIA had information about a security problem.
- But as Judge Priore's investigation continues, more mysteries come to light.
- Few such blemishes, given the secrecy of organizational practice, came to light.
- However, very interesting dynamics regarding the competition and market structure are coming to light.
- It is a complete mystery to everyone how the following gems came to light in 1989.
- The debate might have been clarified by study of the relevant Sanskrit texts: but these came to light only slowly.
- The problem came to light when an ambulance was delayed attending an emergency at Harwood-in-Teesdale, just before Christmas.
- The relationship came to light when a mysterious note was handed to a barrister at an earlier hearing.
- This came to light in the present century during widening and repair operations.
- Many times he was brought low and felt near to death.
- The proud would be brought low and the humble exalted.