bring sth about
— phrasal verb with bring uk/brɪŋ/us/brɪŋ/verb [ T ] brought, brought
to cause something to happen:
He brought about his company's collapse by his reckless spending.
More examples
- It took hours of negotiations to bring about a reconciliation between the two sides.
- Rampant corruption brought about the downfall of the government.
- The invention of the contraceptive pill brought about profound changes in the lives of women.
- The 20th century brought about revolutionary changes in our lifestyles.
- Ten years of incompetent government had brought about the virtual collapse of the country's economy.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing things to happen
- -ization
- -ize
- actuate
- actuation
- agent
- awaken (sth) in sb
- be associated with sth
- beget
- draw
- fuel
- instigator
- introduce
- jumping-off point
- lie
- plant
- produce
- rise
- usher sth in
- wreak
- wrought
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