Definition of "bring down"

bring down

verb
third-person singular simple present brings down, present participle bringing down, simple past and past participle brought down
1. (transitive) To make a ruler or government lose their position of power.
2. (transitive) To reduce.
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  The causes of income stagnation are varied and lack the political simplicity of calls to bring down the deficit or avert another Wall Street meltdown.
  2012 October 23, David Leonhardt, New York Times, retrieved 24 October 2012
3. (transitive) To humble.
4. (transitive) To make something, especially something flying, fall to the ground, usually by firing a weapon of some kind.
5. (sports, transitive) To cause an opponent to fall after a tackle.
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  Kalinic later saw red for a rash tackle on Paul Scharner before Gabriel Tamas was dismissed for bringing down Diouf.
  2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC‎
6. (transitive) To make someone feel bad emotionally.
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  I went to a shrink, to analyze my dreams / He said it's lack of sex that's bringing me down
  1994, Green Day (lyrics and music), “Basket Case”
  Nothing in this world could / Ever bring them down / Yeah, they're invincible / And she's just in the background
  2013 May 31, Echosmith, Jeffery David, and Jesiah Dzwonek, “Cool Kids”, in Talking Dreams‎, performed by Echosmith
7. To cause to fall down, e.g. in an accident.
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  From the evidence of witnesses and of the recorded passing times, including the time at which the circuit breakers were tripped when the wires were brought down, the train was travelling at a speed of not less than 70 m.p.h.
  1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Derailment near Holmes Chapel”, in Trains Illustrated, page 652

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