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71bring on — phr verb Bring on is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑stress Bring on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑attack, ↑fit, ↑headache, ↑migraine, ↑nausea, ↑symptom …
72bring to — Synonyms and related words: arrest, assimilate to, become, block, brake, bring back, bring up short, call back, change, change into, change over, check, checkmate, convert, cut short, dam, deadlock, do over, draw rein, freeze, halt, haul, haul… …
73bring to — PHRASAL VERB: V n P If you bring someone to when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again. Syn: bring round …
74bring up — 1) PHRASAL VERB When someone brings up a child, they look after it until it is an adult. If someone has been brought up in a certain place or with certain attitudes, they grew up in that place or were taught those attitudes when they were growing …
75bring up — I. introduce, begin to talk about Please bring up that point at the meeting. We can discuss it then. II. vomit, puke Did the baby bring up his breakfast? Let me wipe it up …
76bring up — 1) she and Lenny brought up her brother s four children Syn: rear, raise, care for, look after, nurture, provide for 2) I wonder if he ll bring up the matter of the grocery bill Syn: mention, allude to, touch on, raise, broach …
77bring on — {v.} To result in; cause; produce. * /The murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in the summer of 1914 brought on the First World War./ * /Spinal meningitis brought on John s deafness when he was six years old./ * /Reading in a poor light may bring… …
78bring — or[wheel in] or[out] or[up the big guns] {v. phr.} To make use of a concealed plan in order to defeat an opponent in an argument or in a game, debate, or competition. * /The new computer software company decided to bring out the big guns to get… …
79bring on — {v.} To result in; cause; produce. * /The murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in the summer of 1914 brought on the First World War./ * /Spinal meningitis brought on John s deafness when he was six years old./ * /Reading in a poor light may bring… …
80bring — or[wheel in] or[out] or[up the big guns] {v. phr.} To make use of a concealed plan in order to defeat an opponent in an argument or in a game, debate, or competition. * /The new computer software company decided to bring out the big guns to get… …
