v.
 (past and past part. brought)
      - carry or accompany to a place.
 - cause to move or to come into existence.
 - cause to be in a particular state or condition:
 take an aspirin to bring down your temperature.
 - cause someone to receive (money) as income or profit:
 five novels brought him £150,000.
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[usu. with neg.]
 
(bring oneself to do something)
 force oneself to do something unpleasant.
 - initiate (legal action).
 
 
  Phrase
  
    - bring the house down
 make an audience laugh or applaud very enthusiastically.  - bring it on
 informal used to express confidence in meeting a challenge.  - bring something to bear
 exert influence or pressure.  - bring something to pass
 chiefly literary cause something to happen.  - bring something to the table
 see table. 
   
  Phrase verbal
  
    - bring something about
  - cause something to happen.
 - cause a ship to head in a different direction.
 
  - bring someone down
 cause someone to lose power.  - bring someone/thing forth
 archaic give birth to someone or something.  - bring something forward
  - propose an idea for consideration.
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[often as adj. brought forward]
 (in bookkeeping) transfer a total sum from the bottom of one page to the top of the next.
 
  - bring something off
 achieve something successfully.  - bring someone on
 encourage someone who is learning to develop or improve.  - bring something on
  - cause something unpleasant to occur. 
▸
(bring something on/upon)
 be responsible for something unpleasant that happens to (someone).
 - (of the weather) promote the growth of crops.
 
  - bring someone out
 encourage someone to feel more confident.  - bring something out
  - produce and launch a new product or publication.
 - emphasize a feature.
 
  - bring someone round 
(or US around)
  
- restore someone to consciousness.
 - persuade someone to agree to something.
 
  - bring someone to
 restore someone to consciousness.  - bring something to
 cause a boat to stop, especially by turning into the wind.  - bring up
 (chiefly of a ship) come to a stop.  - bring someone up
 look after a child until it is an adult.  - bring something up
  - vomit something.
 - raise a matter for discussion or consideration.
 
 
   
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  OE bringan, of Gmc origin.