bring up a problem
11bring (someone) to the table — bring (someone) to the [bargaining/peace etc.] table to persuade a person or a country to join discussions in order to find a solution to a problem. We hope to be able to bring the warring factions to the negotiating table to try to end this… …
12bring someone face to face with something — bring (someone) face to face with (something) come face to face with (something) to see or experience a problem for the first time. They were brought face to face with the fact that their son was a drug addict when he took an overdose …
13bring someone face to face with — bring (someone) face to face with (something) come face to face with (something) to see or experience a problem for the first time. They were brought face to face with the fact that their son was a drug addict when he took an overdose …
14bring face to face with something — bring (someone) face to face with (something) come face to face with (something) to see or experience a problem for the first time. They were brought face to face with the fact that their son was a drug addict when he took an overdose …
15bring face to face with — bring (someone) face to face with (something) come face to face with (something) to see or experience a problem for the first time. They were brought face to face with the fact that their son was a drug addict when he took an overdose …
16bring something to a head — bring (something) to a head come to a head if a problem or a disagreement comes to a head, it becomes so bad that you have to start dealing with it. The row over the project has brought to a head a more fundamental disagreement over funding …
17bring to a head — bring (something) to a head come to a head if a problem or a disagreement comes to a head, it becomes so bad that you have to start dealing with it. The row over the project has brought to a head a more fundamental disagreement over funding …
18Problem of evil — Part of a series on God General conceptions …
19bring — verb /brIN/ past tense and past participle brought /brO:t/ (T) 1 to take someone or something to the place you are now, to the place you are going to, or to the place that you have been talking about: Did you bring anything to drink? | Sheila was …
20problem — n. unsettled question source of difficulty 1) to cause, create, pose, present a problem 2) to address, tackle; bring up, raise; resolve, settle, solve a problem 3) an acute, difficult, major, pressing, serious; insoluble, insurmountable problem… …
