bringdown

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noun

bring·​down ˈbriŋ-ˌdau̇n How to pronounce bringdown (audio)

bring down

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verb

brought down; bringing down; brings down

transitive verb

1
: to cause to fall by or as if by shooting
2
: to carry (a total) forward
Phrases
bring down the house or bring the house down
: to win the enthusiastic approval of the audience

Examples of bringdown in a Sentence

Noun meeting one's literary hero is usually a bad idea—almost inevitably it's a bringdown
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Verb
In another room is 11-year-old Mohammed Ibrahim, his face bandaged after an airstrike brought down his six-story building east of the coastal city of Sidon. Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2024 In Sunday’s video, Harris promised to bring down the cost of housing, invest in small businesses, and strengthen the island’s health care system. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024 However, processing efficiency is required to offset the growth while bringing down the cost of AI processing, which remains a challenge to AI processing profitability. Jim McGregor, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 Mo Salah gave Liverpool the lead from the penalty spot just before the half-hour mark after Levi Colwill had clumsily brought down Curtis Jones inside the area. Matias Grez, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bringdown 

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1935, in the meaning defined above

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bringdown was in the 13th century

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“Bringdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bringdown. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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