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bring homeTo earn (money)Rate it:

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bring homeTo make clearer or better understoodRate it:

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bring inTo move something indoors.Rate it:

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bring inTo return a verdict in a court of law.Rate it:

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bring it onUsed to indicate one's willingness to accept a challenge, confront a threat, etc.Rate it:

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bring it on around jimmya phrase off of an old show on TV maybe a country western show? about bringing the wagon aroundRate it:

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bring it weakTo fail to accomplish an accomplishable task or to make an attempt at less than maximum effort; to "half-ass" or "fake the funk".Rate it:

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bring lowTo embarrass or humiliate.Rate it:

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bring onTo cause.Rate it:

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bring onTo make something appear, as on a stage or a place of competition.Rate it:

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bring onTo pose a challenge or threat; to attack; to compete aggressively.Rate it:

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bring one's arse to an anchorTo sit down.Rate it:

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bring outTo make a shy person more confident.Rate it:

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bring outOn the market; roll out.Rate it:

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bring out in a rashto rile someone upRate it:

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bring overUsed other than as an idiom: see bring, over.Rate it:

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bring overTo cause to change allegiance or point of view.Rate it:

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bring owls to athensForgive me, then, for bringing owls to Athens as a thanks-offering. — Goethe, in a letter to Wilhelm von Humboldt.Rate it:

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bring owls to athensWho brings owls to Athens? — Euelpides, in Aristophanes' Birds.Rate it:

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bring toTo turn into the wind; to check the course of by trimming the sails so as to counteract each other.Rate it:

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bring toTo make something equal to a different amount.Rate it:

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bring toTo restore consciousness.Rate it:

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bring to a boilTo heat something until it reaches its boiling point.Rate it:

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bring to bearTo aim a weapon at a target.Rate it:

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bring to heelTo be forced to obey.Rate it:

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bring to heelTo force someone to obey.Rate it:

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bring to lightTo expose or disclose something that was hidden or unknown.Rate it:

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bring togetherTo cause people to do something together; to bring about togetherness.Rate it:

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bring uprearRate it:

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bring up toTo raise so that it reaches a particular standard or minimum requirement.Rate it:

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come to lifeto become alive, bring into existenceRate it:

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escape fireA fuel-free safe spot, consisting of burning grass as a method of defense against a forest fire.Rate it:

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jack of all trades, master of noneA master of integration, who knows enough from many learned trades and skills to be able to bring their disciplines together in a practical manner; a polymath; a renaissance man.Rate it:

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kill with kindnessheaping generosity, compassion, or excessive favor on someone -usually in response to an insult- to bring them discomfort; to overwhelm with overindulgenceRate it:

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put somebody in his placeTo bring somebody down; to humble or insult.Rate it:

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queer bashingprejudice or violence against homosexuals.Rate it:

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take onTo acquire, bring in, or introduce.Rate it:

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come to lifeto bring back to life; revitalize, revive, resurrectRate it:

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fend offAway; to turn away; to defend against; to repel with force or effort.Rate it:

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bear offTo remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything.Rate it:

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beginner's luckrefers to the supposed phenomenon of novices experiencing disproportionate frequency of success or succeeding against an expert in a given activity. One would expect experts to outperform novices - when the opposite happens it is counter-intuitive, hence the need for a term to describe this phenomenon.Rate it:

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cross the floorTo vote against one's own political party in parliament.Rate it:

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cut downTo bring down by cutting.Rate it:

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drag outTo haul or bring out forcefully or as though with force.Rate it:

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draw outTo extract, bring out, as concealed information; elicit; educe.Rate it:

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even the scoreTo get revenge against someone.Rate it:

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rock the boatTo disturb the status quo or go against rules or conventions, as in an effort to get attention.Rate it:

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run away withTo leave secretly with another person. Usually with the intention of getting married or of living together against the wishes of the family.Rate it:

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stand upTo bring something up and set it into a standing position.Rate it:

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the enemy of your enemy is your friendTwo parties who have an enemy in common should join forces against it.Rate it:

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