to bring something on

  • 1bring 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… …

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  • 2bring something down on someone — bring (something) down (on (someone)) to cause something to have influence or power over someone. Why would you bring down that kind of attention if you were trying not to be noticed? We don t bring violence down on people. People bring it down… …

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  • 3bring something down on — bring (something) down (on (someone)) to cause something to have influence or power over someone. Why would you bring down that kind of attention if you were trying not to be noticed? We don t bring violence down on people. People bring it down… …

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  • 4bring (something) down — (on (someone)) to cause something to have influence or power over someone. Why would you bring down that kind of attention if you were trying not to be noticed? We don t bring violence down on people. People bring it down on themselves …

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  • 5bring something into play — phrase to make something start to have an effect If they continue to deliver late, we’ll have to bring the penalty charge into play. Thesaurus: to make something start to exist or happensynonym Main entry: play * * * cause something to begin… …

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  • 6bring something to someone's notice — bring something to someone’s notice british formal phrase to tell someone about something Their working conditions were only brought to public notice last year. I’ll bring the situation to his notice at the first opportunity. Thesaurus: to… …

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  • 7bring something to a halt — bring something to an end/a close/a halt/ phrase to make something stop He brought the conversation to a close. Thesaurus: to bring an end to somethingsynonym to kill a person or animalsynonym …

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  • 8bring something to a close — bring something to an end/a close/a halt/ phrase to make something stop He brought the conversation to a close. Thesaurus: to bring an end to somethingsynonym to kill a person or animalsynonym …

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  • 9bring something alive — bring (something) alive : to make (something) seem more real or interesting The play brings the old fairy tale alive. • • • Main Entry: ↑alive * * * bring sth aˈlive idiom to make sth interesting • The pictures bring the book aliv …

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  • 10bring something down — bring (something) down 1. to reduce something. Drugs can bring your blood pressure down. 2. to cause something to fail. Dozens of Web sites were brought down by these software programs …

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