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ing some wine home for dinner tonight. 2 lead, conduct,
convey; escort, invite, accompany: The road brought me to your
house. You can bring anyone you like to the party. 3 draw,
attract, lure, allure: What brings you to London? 4 carry,
bear, convey; report: She brought word of the uprising. 5
bring on, bring about, occasion, give rise to, be the source or
cause of, create, cause, engender, produce; contribute to: The
thought of his mother brought tears to his eyes. 6 institute,
advance; invoke: She is bringing charges against him for
slander. 7 bring about. occasion, cause, bring on, accomplish,
effect, achieve, produce: The government has brought about
changes in the health service. 8 bring down. a overthrow,
depose, oust, unseat, dethrone, overturn, topple: A military
faction has brought down the government. b reduce, lessen,
diminish, cut (back or down): The chancellor promised to bring
down taxes in the next budget. 9 bring forth. a bear, give
birth to, produce; yield: The kangaroo brings forth young less
than an inch in size. b set forth, bring out or in or up,
introduce, present, produce, put out, submit, offer, advance:
Mr Hanson has brought forth a new sales plan. 10 bring in. a
earn, yield, produce, realize, fetch, return, sell for:
Advertising brings in more revenue than subscriptions. b See
def. 15, below. 11 bring off. succeed (in), carry out,
achieve, accomplish, do, carry out or off, perform, succeed,
pull off; Colloq put over: Do you really think she'll be able
to bring off her masquerade? 12 bring on. a produce, put on,
introduce, bring in: When the children in the audience began to
get restless, they brought on the clowns. b induce, produce,
occasion, bring about: Eating strawberries brought on a rash.
13 bring out. a display, feature, focus on, illuminate, set
off, make noticeable or conspicuous, emphasize, develop: The
colour of the dress brings out the blue of your eyes. b
publish, issue, release, make known or public, produce; put on,
stage: They've brought out a new edition of Dickens's works.
14 bring round or around. a revive, resuscitate, bring to;
restore: The smelling salts brought her round when she fainted.
b persuade, win over, convince, influence: Can he be brought
round to our way of thinking? 15 bring up. a rear, raise, care
for, look after, nurture, breed; educate, teach, train, tutor:
She has brought up six children on her own. b introduce,
broach, bring in, raise, pen (up), set forth, mention, touch on,
talk about, discuss; reintroduce, recall: Why bring up
irrelevant matters like his age? c raise, elevate: So far,