When people or events bring down a government or ruler, they cause the government or ruler to lose power.
They were threatening to bring down the government by withdrawing from the rulingcoalition. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
...a petition backing the Prime Minister against a minority of MPs who want to bringhim down. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
If someone or something brings down a person or aeroplane, they cause them to fall, usually by shooting them.
Military historians may never know what brought down the jet. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
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bring down in British English
verb(tr, adverb)
1.
to cause to fall
the fighter aircraft brought the enemy down
the ministers agreed to bring down the price of oil
2. (usually passive) slang
to cause to be elated and then suddenly depressed, as from using drugs
nounbringdown
3. US dialect
a disappointment
bring down in American English
1.
to cause to come down or fall
2.
to wound or kill
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Examples of 'bring down' in a sentence
bring down
When will you begin discussions to bring down the Wall and reunite Berlin?
Dobbs, Michael WALL GAMES
Chavasse raised his right arm to bring down the edge of his hand.
Jack Higgins THE KEYS OF HELL (2002)
Tim's figured out how to bring down your whole house of cards.
Phillip Margolin TIES THAT BIND (2003)
All related terms of 'bring down'
bring down the house
to receive enthusiastic applause from the audience
bring the house down
if a person or their performance brings the house down, the audience claps and cheers loudly for a long time because they liked the performance so much
bring down the curtain
If something brings down the curtain on an event or situation , it causes or marks the end of it.
to bring the house down
If a person or their performance or speech brings the house down , the audience claps , laughs , or shouts loudly because the performance or speech is very impressive or amusing .
bring the curtain down on something
to cause or mark the end of an event or situation
take someone down a peg or two
to make someone who is behaving in an arrogant and unpleasant way realize that they are not as important or talented as they think
Chinese translation of 'bring down'
bring down
vt
[government]使 ... 倒台(臺) (shǐ ... dǎotái)
[price][competition, circumstances]降低 (jiàngdī)
⇒ The discovery of new oilfields brought the price down.新油田的发现使油价有所降低。 (Xīn yóutián de fāxiàn shǐ yóujià yǒu suǒ jiàngdī.)
[company, government]调(調)低 (tiáodī)
⇒ They brought down income taxes.他们调低了所得税。 (Tāmen tiáodīle suǒdéshuì.)
( law, system, object, person ) 引进(進) yǐnjìn ⇒ It would be a mistake to bring in an outsider. → 引一个局外人进来会是一个错误。 Yǐn yī gè júwàirén jìnlái huì shì yī gè cuòwù.
bring forward
( meeting ) 提前 tíqián
bring forth
( frm ) 取出 qǔchū
bring back
( return ) 带(帶)回来(來) dài huílái ⇒ She brought my book back. → 她把我的书带回来了。 Tā bǎ wǒ de shū dài huílái le.