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bring down
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Princeton's WordNet
lower, take down, let down, get down, bring downverb
move something or somebody to a lower position
"take down the vase from the shelf"
overthrow, subvert, overturn, bring downverb
cause the downfall of; of rulers
"The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"
inflict, bring down, visit, imposeverb
impose something unpleasant
"The principal visited his rage on the students"
land, put down, bring downverb
cause to come to the ground
"the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
bring downverb
cause to be enthusiastic
"Her playing brought down the house"
reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring downverb
cut down on; make a reduction in
"reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
Wiktionary
bring downverb
To make a legitimate rulership lose their position of power.
bring downverb
To reduce
bring downverb
To make something, especially something flying, fall to the ground. Usually by firing a weapon of some kind.
bring downverb
To cause an opponent to fall after a tackle.
bring downverb
To make someone feel bad emotionally.
ChatGPT
bring down
To bring down generally means to cause to fall or collapse; either physically or figuratively. In a physical sense, it can refer to knocking over or demolishing an object or structure. In a figurative sense, it can refer to causing something, such as an organization, a government, or someone's emotional state, to decline, fail or become lower in strength, value or status.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bring down in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bring down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of bring down in a Sentence
The Fed likely goes tomorrow and will use dovish language and will likely bring down their ‘dot plot’ a little bit.
We want to sell one big asset to bring down debt and improve liquidity. There's a good prospect we can sell at least one asset.
Inflation is up, it's up, but the fact is that if we are able to do the things I'm talking about here, it'll bring down the costs for average families.
Today, Goldman Sachs an analysis that said the net impact of the debt forgiveness and resuming student loan payments is likely to be very modest, but it will be slightly disinflationary, so it will bring down inflation.
We have an extreme MAGA group in the Republican Party that has no real plan to bring down inflation, i think that choice [is] between a party that’s standing up to the special interests and delivering change, and… an extreme party, a party that’s talking about, well, some of the leaders talking about abolishing Social Security and Medicare every five years.
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