Rate this phrase:3.0 / 1 vote

bring down

To make something flying fall to the ground. Usually by firing a weapon of some kind.
762 Views
“

He brought down a pheasant with his first shot of the day.

Collection   Edit    

Submitted on August 31, 2012

Additional definitions for 'bring down':

bring downTo make a legitimate rulership lose their position of power.
bring downTo reduce.
bring downTo make someone feel bad emotionally.
See them all »

Translation

Find a translation for the bring down phrase in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Nearby phrases

Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to bring down

bring forthbreak downbring home the baconbreathe down someone's neckbring down the housebreak downbring homebring backbring homeBring Down the Housebring forthbreak downbring backbreak down

How to pronounce this phrase?

Discuss this bring down phrase with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this bring down definition to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "bring down." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/phrase/bring-down_219>.

    Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a phrases master?

    »
    Early ________ catches the worm.
    A bird
    B lion
    C fig
    D tiger

    Browse Phrases.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ