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bring someone out1Encourage someone to feel more confident: she needs friends to bring her out of herself...- ‘Thank you,’ he said encouragingly, hoping this would bring her out of her shell.
- The camaraderie of colleagues has helped in bringing her out of herself.
- Nate was someone he could have confided in and might have brought him out of his shell a bit more.
2British Cause someone to go on strike: protest aimed at bringing out the miners who were still at work...- To bring out the workers who did not respond to the initial strike call, the union introduced a new tactic.
- They spoke to the strikers and called on them to go to the nearby enterprises and bring out the workers there.
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