bringdown

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noun

bring·​down ˈbriŋ-ˌdau̇n How to pronounce bringdown (audio)

bring down

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verb

brought down; bringing down; brings down

transitive verb

1
: to cause to fall by or as if by shooting
2
: to carry (a total) forward
Phrases
bring down the house or bring the house down
: to win the enthusiastic approval of the audience

Examples of bringdown in a Sentence

Noun meeting one's literary hero is usually a bad idea—almost inevitably it's a bringdown
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Verb
The decision, which pits some Haredi lawmakers against secular officials like Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who wants to increase Haredi involvement in the military, threatens to bring down the governing coalition. Natan Odenheimer, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024 The crowd hollers, shaking the wooden pillars, threatening to bring down the entire coliseum. Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024 Strong, prolonged winds could bring down trees and power lines, resulting in property damage and power outages. Mary Gilbert, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024 Also Read Blink-182, SZA, Paramore Lead 2024 Lollapalooza South America Bills On the day of the atomic test, the nuclear blast brings down something over Trinity that wasn’t supposed to be there—something not of this world. Spin Staff, SPIN, 28 Feb. 2024 In other countries, such a humiliation following an incompetent act of aggression might have brought down the leaders who ordered it. Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 23 Feb. 2024 Fears that more rain could bring down some trees, cause shallow landslides and further muck areas already saturated from previous storms, according to the weather service. Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2024 Like other networks and initiatives aimed at bringing down drug costs, Sempre has demonstrated enormous promise in the last two years. Seth Joseph, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024 The Chiefs have Isiah Pacheco, the hardest to bring down. Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1935, in the meaning defined above

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bringdown was in the 13th century

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“Bringdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bringdown. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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