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as in disappointment
something that disappoints meeting one's literary hero is usually a bad idea—almost inevitably it's a bringdown

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bring down

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verb

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Recent Examples of bring down
Noun
Cerritos’ Labrenton Wilson, a 6-foot-1 fullback, was tough to bring down and ran for 101 yards and a touchdown. Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025 The goal is to find and bring down archenemy Muzan. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025 Lower interest rates can bring down housing prices, which should help home builders. Rohit Arora, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 These developments alarmed Fed officials, many of whom wanted to raise interest rates to bring down inflation. John Cassidy, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bring down
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bring down
Noun
  • Richter agreed, expressing disappointment about the ways in which clean energy has become politicized.
    Katherine Fung Claire Dodds, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • There’s something beautiful about learning to get over that disappointment and all these expectations others have for us.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ukraine's military said that Russia launched 595 drones and 48 missiles overnight and its air defences shot down 568 drones and 43 missiles.
    Pavel Polityuk, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Zelensky said last week that Ukrainian forces had shot down the majority of drones that had flown towards Poland last week.
    Victoria Butenko, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The political winds have shifted — and consumer protections could get blown away.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The subject appears to have been blown away by time, just like Yugoslav literature was when Tanja was supposed to be teaching it.
    Sara Stridsberg September 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Veteran cornerback Mike Jackson was happy to pick off the pass for his first interception of the season.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Rohan Nadkarni Russell Wilson tried to find Wan'Dale Robinson streaking down the middle of the field on 3rd-and-7, but Wilson’s moonball was picked off by Chris Roland-Wallace.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Giving McCarthy another year to develop might be a wise choice and Cousins would give the Vikings a chance to gun for a Super Bowl this season.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Tailored from a wool mélange fabric in a double-breasted stance, it’s softened by an unpadded shoulder and open patch pockets, lest anyone accuse you of gunning for the corner office.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025

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