bring before

verb

brought before; bringing before; brings before
formal
: to cause (someone or something) to come to (someone or something) for an official decision or judgment
He was brought (up) before the judge on a charge of obstructing justice.
The case was finally brought before the Supreme Court.

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Many of the cases that are getting brought in court were brought before and did not succeed. Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 23 July 2026 Netanyahu, however, has neither endorsed or denounced these settlement plans, and they have not been brought before the Israeli cabinet. Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 20 July 2026 Michele Spagnuolo, a 36-year-old Italian citizen living in Switzerland, was arrested on Wednesday and brought before a federal judge in New York, where he was hit with counts with commodities fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026 Crosby continued on into the jury room, expecting business as usual, but ten minutes later she was brought before the judge in the courtroom. James Lasdun, New Yorker, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for bring before

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“Bring before.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bring%20before. Accessed 26 Jul. 2026.

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