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Definition of bring down phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bring down

phrasal verb
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bring somebody down
  1. to make somebody lose power or be defeated
    • The scandal may bring down the government.
  2. (in sports) to make somebody fall over
    • She was brought down in the penalty area.
bring something down
  1. to reduce something
    • We aim to bring down prices on all our laptops.
  2. to land an aircraft
    • The pilot managed to bring the plane down in a field.
  3. to make an aircraft fall out of the sky
    • Twelve enemy fighters had been brought down.
  4. to make an animal or a bird fall down or fall out of the sky by killing or wounding it
    • He brought down the bear with a single shot.
See bring down in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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