bring down
phrasal verbbring somebody down
- to make somebody lose power or be defeated
- The scandal may bring down the government.
- (in sports) to make somebody fall over
- He was brought down in the penalty area.
bring something down
- to reduce something
- We aim to bring down prices on all our computers.
- to land an aircraft
- The pilot managed to bring the plane down in a field.
- to make an aircraft fall out of the sky
- Twelve enemy fighters had been brought down.
- to make an animal or a bird fall down or fall out of the sky by killing or wounding it
- He brought down the bear with a single shot.