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bring down
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bring downverb
Synonyms:
harsh ones mellow, shoot downbring downverb
To make a legitimate rulership lose their position of power.
The rebel forces are trying to bring down the president and his government.
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shoot down, harsh ones mellowbring downverb
To reduce
The latest budget reforms are intended to bring down the level of inflation.
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shoot down, harsh ones mellowbring downverb
To make something, especially something flying, fall to the ground. Usually by firing a weapon of some kind.
He brought down a pheasant with his first shot of the day.
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shoot down, harsh ones mellowbring downverb
To cause an opponent to fall after a tackle.
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harsh ones mellow, shoot downbring downverb
To make someone feel bad emotionally.
The news of his death brought her down.
Synonyms:
harsh ones mellow, shoot down
Princeton's WordNet
lower, take down, let down, get down, bring downverb
move something or somebody to a lower position
"take down the vase from the shelf"
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commence, land, swallow, write down, get off, tear down, get, raze, impose, trim down, disgrace, lower, demoralise, take down, dismount, get down, dismantle, cut, demoralize, demean, trim back, trim, overthrow, turn down, pull down, cut down, disappoint, glower, reduce, degrade, set about, lour, subvert, overturn, visit, level, frown, start, put down, begin, inflict, let down, cast down, start out, dispirit, depress, cut back, deject, dismay, light, set down, rase, unhorse, note, set outoverthrow, subvert, overturn, bring downverb
cause the downfall of; of rulers
"The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"
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weaken, land, bowl over, overthrow, vacate, cut, annul, trim down, overturn, lower, demoralise, misdirect, overrule, get down, debase, pervert, demoralize, lift, trim back, trim, counteract, profane, rescind, cut down, tump over, put down, reduce, sabotage, let down, override, subvert, vitiate, repeal, take down, deprave, revolutionize, cut back, tip over, impose, inflict, undermine, upset, turn over, reverse, countermand, revoke, revolutionise, knock over, countermine, visit, debauch, corruptinflict, bring down, visit, imposeverb
impose something unpleasant
"The principal visited his rage on the students"
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chitchat, land, confab, overthrow, enforce, inspect, impose, trim down, overturn, lower, get down, call in, cut, jaw, chit-chat, claver, trim back, trim, see, chew the fat, cut down, call, reduce, levy, natter, gossip, travel to, subvert, visit, take down, cut back, put down, inflict, shoot the breeze, confabulate, let down, chat, chatter, chafferland, put down, bring downverb
cause to come to the ground
"the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
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unload, land, write down, repose, overthrow, bring, impose, drop off, disgrace, lower, visit, get down, place down, cut, demean, trim back, trim, record, shoot down, cut down, lay, reduce, degrade, let down, subvert, overturn, take down, set down, trim down, put down, down, inflict, set ashore, drop, enter, discharge, cut back, shore, destroybring downverb
cause to be enthusiastic
"Her playing brought down the house"
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overturn, cut back, get down, lower, let down, take down, trim back, overthrow, put down, trim down, subvert, cut down, cut, visit, land, impose, reduce, inflict, trimreduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring downverb
cut down on; make a reduction in
"reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
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clip, cut out, skip, strike down, ignore, cut off, put down, lop, knock down, reduce, curtail, turn off, fell, trim, tailor, visit, shave, quash, cut, overthrow, cut back, mow, land, turn out, lose weight, shrink, slew, rationalise, switch off, prune, melt off, trim down, snip, contract, dress, shorten, thin, make out, geld, rationalize, disregard, down, snub, push down, inflict, subvert, slim down, concentrate, garnish, slue, tighten, abbreviate, pull down, restrict, keep down, hack, impose, flash back, subdue, cut down, deoxidise, burn, subjugate, curb, issue, edit, edit out, come down, repress, let down, foreshorten, dilute, write out, thin out, curve, swerve, get down, scale down, crop, drop, take down, boil down, pare, slenderize, trend, lower, abridge, deoxidize, sheer, slash, veer, overturn, decoct, slim, trim back
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One of the things that we’ve seen is that wage growth has been fairly strong and there’s the fear that wage growth is going to ultimately drive inflation higher, so the Federal Reserve wants to raise interest rates to try to curb the demand for workers and hopefully bring down wages, which in fact will then ultimately bring down inflation.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan:
We have gone into their lairs and we will go into them again. Whoever is beside them and behind them, we will bring down this network and bring it to account.
Homosexuality is Satan's diabolical attack upon the family that will not only have a corrupting influence upon our next generation, but it will also bring down the wrath of God upon America.
More competition and less regulation will finally bring down the cost of care, and I think it will bring it down significantly. Unfortunately, it takes a while to get there because you have to let that marketplace kick in, it's going to take a little while to get there.
We are trying to spread information about it so that there can be a coordinated way to deal with it. most of the dead bodies we bring to the towns, but those we can't bring down we respect by saying prayers for them and covering them with rock or snow.
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