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bring down in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. cut down on; make a reduction in
    "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
    reduce  cut down  cut back  trim  trim down  trim back  cut  bring down 
  2. impose something unpleasant
    "The principal visited his rage on the students"
    inflict  bring down  visit  impose 
  3. cause to be enthusiastic
    "Her playing brought down the house"
    bring down 
  4. cause to come to the ground
    "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
    land  put down  bring down 
  5. move something or somebody to a lower position
    "take down the vase from the shelf"
    lower  take down  let down  get down  bring down 
  6. cause the downfall of; of rulers
    "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"
    overthrow  subvert  overturn  bring down 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


bring down in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) To make a legitimate rulership lose their position of power.
  2. (verb) To make something flying fall to the ground. Usually by firing a weapon of some kind.
  3. (verb) To make someone feel bad emotionally.
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