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bring someone down


phrasal verb with bringverb[ T ]uk /brɪŋ/ us /brɪŋ/brought | brought

(CAUSE TO FAIL)


to cause someone in a position of power to lose their job: 使…垮台
This scandal could bring down the country's government.这个丑闻能使政府垮台。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Taking action against people in power
anarchist
angry young man
anti-apartheid
anti-state
bring
insurrection
level up
mutineer
mutinous
mutiny
revolt
revolution
revolutionarily
revolutionary
ringleader
subversiveness
topple
troublemaker
ungovernable
uprising

(CAUSE TO FALL)


to cause someone to fall down by pushing or kicking the person when they are moving: 绊倒…
Suarez was awarded a penalty when Olsson brought him down.苏亚雷斯被奥尔森绊倒,获判点球。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Pushing and shoving
bat
bat something/someone away
boop
bring
bundle
bundle someone into something
dig
elbow
goad
mash
poke
poke/dig someone in the ribsidiom
prod
propel
push
rib
shoulder
upend
upset
wrangle

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Upsetting and destabilizing

bring something down


phrasal verb with bringverb[ T ]uk /brɪŋ/ us /brɪŋ/brought | brought

(REDUCE)


to reduce the level of something: 减低,降低
They've really brought down the price of electric cars.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to become smaller or less
decreaseThe tests show that the tumour has decreased in size since we started treatment.
lessenA healthy diet lessens your risk for cardiovascular disease.
lowerThey've just lowered the age at which you can join.
reduceThey've just reduced the price.
bring downThey are bringing down their prices.
dropStock prices dropped today after the company's announcement.
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Becoming and making smaller or less
abridgment
attenuate
attenuated
attenuating
attenuation
compress
contraction
dwindling
ease
ease someone's mindidiom
ease up/off
fall away
halve
reduce
reducible
reduction
resize
retreat
trough
tumble

(CAUSE TO FALL)


to cause something to come down to the ground:
Several trees were brought down by the storm.
During the war he had brought down countless enemy planes.
A second huge explosion brought down the building.
High winds are expected to bring down power lines in the area.
Reports suggest that the helicopter may have been brought down by an anti-aircraft missile.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Upsetting and destabilizing
bring
delegitimize
destabilization
destabilize
dislocated
disruptively
diversionist
knock/throw someone for a loopidiom
loop
make wavesidiom
put the skids under somethingidiom
skid
stir
turn
unsettle
unsettling
unspool
unspooling
upset
wave

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Destroying and demolishing

bring down someone | American Dictionary


bring down someone


phrasal verb with bringverb[ T ]us/brɪŋ/past tense and past participlebroughtus/brɔt/

(MAKE POWERLESS)


to cause someone to lose power:
An economic crisis could bring down the government.

bring down something


phrasal verb with bringverb[ T ]us/brɪŋ/past tense and past participlebroughtus/brɔt/

(MAKE LESS)


to cause something to become less:
Drugs can bring your blood pressure down.

bring sb/sth down | Business English


bring sb/sth down


phrasal verb with bringverb[ T ]uk /brɪŋ/usbrought | brought
to make someone lose their position of power, or to make something end:
This scandal could bring down the government.
Another drop in prices could bring down the entire company.

bring sth down


phrasal verb with bringverb[ T ]uk /brɪŋ/usbrought | brought
to reduce the level of something:
They've really brought down the price of laptops recently.
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