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

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bring uponTo cause to befall.Rate it:

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buff outto bring something to proper shape by removing or masking minor defects, by straightening out the residual shortcomings.Rate it:

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bust outto bring out, to take outRate it:

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by the wayHis mother will be coming for dinner tomorrow, and, by the way, she volunteered to bring dessert.Rate it:

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BYOWInitialism of bring your own wine.Rate it:

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calamitatem, pestem inferre alicuito bring mishap, ruin on a person.Rate it:

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Carry Coals to NewcastleTo bring extra, to do anything pointless and needlessRate it:

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cast upto bring up as a reproach.Rate it:

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cet homme casse les vitresThat man speaks out boldly, to bring matters to a crisis; That man does not pick and choose his words.Rate it:

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cet homme file sa cordeThat man will bring himself to the gallows.Rate it:

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check your attitude (at the door)The speaker is warning the listener that their attitude may have adverse effects and advising that the listener change their attitude. Adding "at the door" at the end of this phrases means to leave your attitude outside/don't bring that attitude in hereRate it:

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come to lifeto become alive, bring into existenceRate it:

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

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Cook Your GooseTo bring someone down, spoil someone’s quality time or to wreck a happy plan or projectRate it:

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cut downTo bring down by cutting.Rate it:

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double double, boil and troubleA song/chant/spell witches say while stirring a cauldron and throwing items in the cauldron to brew the spell, usually to put a curse on someone (or to take one off)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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duces tecumBring with you.Rate it:

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equos incitatos sustinereto bring horses to the halt when at full gallop.Rate it:

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evoke memoriesremember things again. bring to mind. elicit.Rate it:

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fabulam edereto bring out a play, put it on the stage (used of the man who finds the money).Rate it:

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faire venir l'eau au moulinTo bring grist to the mill.Rate it:

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force someone's handBring about a situation which necessitates an agent to act, often causing a plan to be executed prematurely.Rate it:

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Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseFour beings in Revelation 6:1-8 that bring about the Apocalypse, each riding a different-colored horse representing a different aspect of the Apocalypse.Rate it:

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front and centerTo highlight, to emphasize; bring to the attention of.Rate it:

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fugam hostium reprimere (B. G. 3. 14)to bring the flying enemy to a stand.Rate it:

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gagner son bifteckto bring home the baconRate it:

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Get a Handle on SomethingTo bring out the possible solutions to handle something, to tackle the critical situationRate it:

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get downTo bring or come down; descend.Rate it:

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go and boil your headgo away; get lostRate it:

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go off the boilCease to boil when heat is no longer applied.Rate it:

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go off the boilTo become less successful.Rate it:

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go off the boilTo become of diminished intensity or urgency.Rate it:

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go off the boilTo lose interest; to pall.Rate it:

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go through the millTo experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.Rate it:

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harp onTo nag about; to complain incessantly or persistently request; to continue to bring up as a point of contention.Rate it:

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in medium proferre aliquidto bring a subject forward into discussion.Rate it:

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in scaenam aliquid inducereto bring a thing upon the stage.Rate it:

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in viam reducere aliquemto bring a person back to the right way.Rate it:

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infamem facere aliquemto damage a person's character, bring him into bad odour.Rate it:

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infamiam alicui inferre, aspergereto damage a person's character, bring him into bad odour.Rate it:

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it's one's funeralOne's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on oneself.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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legem proponere in publicumto bring a law before the notice of the people.Rate it:

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legem, rogationem promulgare (Liv. 33. 46)to bring a bill before the notice of the people.Rate it:

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let's golet's fight, bring it onRate it:

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light upTo bring light to something, to brighten.Rate it:

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