Phrasal Verbs With 'Bring'

Bring about phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Make something happen
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: The changes to the law were BROUGHT ABOUT by the government because so many people were ignoring the old one.

Bring along phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Bring someone or something to certain place
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: You can BRING your friends ALONG if you like.
  2. Meaning: Help someone improve
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    » Example: Her coach has BROUGHT her ALONG a lot in the last six months.

Bring around phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Persuade or convince someone
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
    » Example: It took me ages to BRING him AROUND to my point of view.
  2. Meaning: Bring something with you when you visit
    (Separable [optional] | British English)
    » Example: He BROUGHT some books AROUND when he came last night.
  3. Meaning: Get someone talking about something
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
    » Example: He didn't want to discuss the details, but I managed to BRING him AROUND and he told me everything.

Bring back phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Cause someone to remember
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    » Example: Visiting my old school BROUGHT BACK memories of when I was a pupil there.
  2. Meaning: Return
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    » Example: He took the calculator home yesterday and hasn't BROUGHT it BACK yet.

Bring down phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Make a government fall
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    » Example: The vote of no-confidence BROUGHT the government DOWN.
  2. Meaning: Make something cheaper
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    » Example: The improvements in technology have BROUGHT the prices of computers DOWN considerably in recent months.

Bring forth phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Produce something, make it known or visible
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    » Example: The prosecution BROUGHT FORTH a lot of evidence against him.
  2. Meaning: Produce
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: She BROUGHT FORTH a surprising result.
  3. Meaning: Make something happen
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: The report has BROUGHT FORTH a lot of criticism of the policy.
  4. Meaning: Remove something from where it is kept or hidden
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: She BROUGHT FORTH the diary and showed it to us.

Bring forward phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Make something happen earlier than originally planned
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
    » Example: The meeting has been BROUGHT FORWARD to this Friday instead of next week because some people couldn't make it then.

Bring in phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Earn
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: The job BRINGS IN two thousand dollars a month.

Bring off phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Succeed with something difficult
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    » Example: No one thought she'd manage to do it, but she BROUGHT it OFF in the end.

Bring on phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Cause something to happen or speed up the process
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: Getting wet in the rain yesterday BROUGHT ON my cold.
  2. Meaning: Make something appear
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: BRING ON the dancers!

Bring out phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Release or publish
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: The band are BRINGING OUT a new CD in the autumn.
  2. Meaning: Elicit a response
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    » Example: Suzie BRINGS OUT the best in him.

Bring out in phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Cause a health problem or reaction
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
    » Example: It was the lobster that BROUGHT me OUT in this rash all over my body.

Bring round phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Make someone wake up from unconsciousness or an anaesthetic
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
    » Example: The doctors BROUGHT him ROUND a few hours after the operation.

Bring up phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Mention
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: They didn't BRING the subject UP at the meeting.
  2. Meaning: Raise a child
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: My parents BROUGHT me UP strictly.

Bring Up phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Be officially charged with a crime
    (Separable [optional] | American English)
    » Example: He was BROUGHT UP on charges of public intoxication.

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