to bring sb back to life
1bring someone or something back to life — to cause someone or something that has died to begin living again The story is about a mad scientist who tries to bring dead people back to life. often used figuratively They re trying to bring the restaurant back to life by introducing a new me …
2Back to Life (novel) — infobox Book | name = Back to Life title orig = translator = image caption = author = Wendy Coakley Thompson cover artist = Jesse Reisch country = United States language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Kensington Books release date …
3bring back — v. 1) (C) bring back some coffee for me; or: bring me back some coffee 2) (D; tr.) ( to return ) to bring back to (to bring smb. back to life) * * * [ brɪŋ bæk] or: bring me back some coffee (C) bring back some coffee for me (D; tr.) ( to return… …
4Bring — Bring, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bringing}.] [OE. bringen, AS. bringan; akin to OS. brengian, D. brengen, Fries. brenga, OHG. bringan, G. bringen, Goth. briggan.] 1. To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be;… …
5life — or get a life [līf] n. pl. lives [ME < OE līf, akin to ON líf, life, Ger leib, body < IE base * leibh , to LIVE1] 1. that property or quality of plants and animals that distinguishes them from inorganic matter or dead organisms; specif.,… …
6bring something to life — phrase to make something exciting or interesting a book that brings the subject to life Thesaurus: to become, or to make something more interesting or excitingsynonym Main entry: life * * * bring something to life : to make something very… …
7bring somebody to life — bring sb/sth to ˈlife idiom to make sb/sth more interesting or exciting • The new teacher really brought French to life for us. • Flowers can bring a dull room back to life. Main entry: ↑lifeidiom …
8bring around or round — bring around (or round) (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way: argue into, bring, convince, get, induce, persuade, prevail on (or upon), sell (on), talk into. See PERSUASION. 2. To cause to come… …
9bring back — verb 1. bring back to the point of departure (Freq. 6) • Syn: ↑return, ↑take back • Derivationally related forms: ↑return (for: ↑return) • Hy …
10life — n. 1) to lead a life (to lead a busy life) 2) to prolong; save a life 3) to devote one s life (to smt.) 4) to spend one s life (doing smt.) 5) to give, lay down, sacrifice; risk one s life 6) to claim, snuff out, take a life (she took her own… …
