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RELATED WORDS : back down bargain down batten down bear down bear down on bear down upon beat down bed down belt down blow down bog down boil down bolt down bow down bowed down break down bring bring about bring around bring back bring before bring charges bring forth bring forward bring home bring home the bacon bring home to bring in bring off bring on bring oneself bring out bring outside bring round bring through bring to bring to bear bring to light bring to mind bring to pass bring together bring up broken down brush down buckle down bunk down burn down call down calm down camp down cascade down cast down choke down chop down clamp down clamp down on climb down close down come down come down on cool down count down crack down crack down on cut down dash down deep down die down doss down down down at the heel down easter down feather down in the mouth down pat down payment down quark down syndrome down the drain down the stairs down town down under drag down dress down dressing down drink down drop down duck down dwindle down ebb down face down fall down fight down flag down flap down flump down flush down freeze down garbage down get down go down go down on goose down grind down gun down hampshire down hand down handed down hands down hanging down have down hold down hoot down hose down hunker down hunkered down hunt down john l. h. down jot down jumping up and down keep down kick down kip down knock down knuckle down lay down lay down the law let down letting down lie down live down load down loaded down look down on look down upon low down mark down melt down mow down nail down narrow down pare down peg down pin down pipe down place down plank down play down plonk down plump down plunk down pour down press down press down on pull down push down put down quiet down rain down ram down ratchet down rattle down remain down roll down rope down round down rub down run down sag down scale down send down set down settle down shake down shoot down shout down shower down shut down simmer down sit down sit down strike sit down with sleek down slick down slide down slim down slow down slowing down sluice down split down sponge down stamp down stand down stare down steady down step down stepping down strike down strip down swan's down swill down swoop down upon take down take lying down talk down tamp down tear down tearing down throw down thumbs down tie down tone down toned down touch down track down tramp down tread down trim down tune down turn down turn thumbs down turn upside down up and down upside down vote down wash down water down watered down wear down weigh down weighed down weight down weighted down whack down whittle down wolf down write down written down

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb bring down has 6 senses

• bring down(v = verb.motion) get down, let down, lower, take down - move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"
is one way to displace, move
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

• bring down(v = verb.social) overthrow, overturn, subvert - cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"
is one way to depose, force out
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

• bring down(v = verb.communication) impose, inflict, visit - impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"
is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something on somebody

• bring down(v = verb.motion) land, put down - cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
is one way to arrive, come, get
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

• bring down(v = verb.emotion) Array - cause to be enthusiastic; "Her playing brought down the house"
is one way to enthuse
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

• bring down(v = verb.change) cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down - cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

THESAURUS

bring down

abase, abash, acquire, be responsible for, beat down, belittle, blow down, blow over, blow to pieces, blow up, bowl down, bowl over, brain, break down, bring into discredit, bring low, bring on, bring upon, bulldog, bulldoze, burn down, burn to death, cast down, chop down, contract, crush, cry down, cut down, cut to pieces, dash down, deal a deathblow, debase, deck, decry, degrade, demean, depreciate, derogate from, detract from, diminish, disapprove of, discredit, disgrace, disintegrate, disparage, down, drop, dump, dump on, fall in with, fall into, fell, fetch down, flatten, floor, frag, gain, get, give the quietus, ground, gun down, hew down, hold in contempt, incinerate, incur, invite, jugulate, knock, knock down, knock over, lapidate, lay level, lay low, lay out, level, lower, make little of, minimize, mow down, pistol, poleax, precipitate, prostrate, pull down, put down, rase, raze, reduce, reflect discredit upon, riddle, run, run down, send headlong, set down, shoot, shoot down, shoot to death, shotgun, silence, slight, smash, speak ill of, spread-eagle, stab to death, steamroller, stone, stone to death, strike dead, submit to indignity, supinate, take down, tear down, throw, throw down, topple, trip, trip up, tumble, vaporize, welcome, whack down

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