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bring onTo pose a challenge or threat; to attack; to compete aggressively.Rate it:
bring one's arse to an anchorTo sit down.Rate it:
bring outTo elicit, evoke, or emphasize a particular quality.Rate it:
bring outOn the market; roll out.Rate it:
bring outTo make a shy person more confident.Rate it:
bring outTo cause a visible symptom such as spots or a rash.Rate it:
bring out in a rashto rile someone upRate it:
bring overUsed other than as an idiom: see bring, over.Rate it:
bring overTo cause to change allegiance or point of view.Rate it:
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:
bring owls to athensPerhaps we have not been sufficiently aware that talking about access and its implications in Scandinavia is like bringing owls to Athens. — Herbert Burkert.Rate it:
bring owls to athensTo undertake a pointless venture, one that is redundant, unnecessary, superfluous, or highly uneconomical.Rate it:
bring owls to athensWho brings owls to Athens? — Euelpides, in Aristophanes' Birds.Rate it:
bring roundTo bring something when coming.Rate it:
bring roundTo resuscitate; to cause to regain consciousness.Rate it:
bring sand to the beachto take something that is plentiful at the destination, such as a date to a party with plenty of mixed company.Rate it:
bring toTo restore consciousness.Rate it:
bring toTo make something equal to a different amount.Rate it:
bring toTo turn into the wind; to check the course of by trimming the sails so as to counteract each other.Rate it:
bring to a boilTo heat something until it reaches its boiling point.Rate it:
bring to bearTo aim a weapon at a target.Rate it:
bring to bearTo apply; to employ something to achieve an intended effect.Rate it:
bring to heelTo be forced to obey.Rate it:
bring to heelTo force someone to obey.Rate it:
bring to justiceTo cause a person alleged to have committed criminal acts to be brought to trial on the offenses.Rate it:
bring to lightTo expose or disclose something that was hidden or unknown.Rate it:
bring to the tableTo provide a suggestion.Rate it:
bring togetherTo cause people to do something together; to bring about togetherness.Rate it:
bring upTo bring from a lower position to a higher position.Rate it:
bring upTo mention.Rate it:
bring upTo raise children.Rate it:
bring upTo turn on power or start, as of a machine.Rate it:
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bring up againstTo cause someone to have to solve a problem or deal with an issue.Rate it:
bring up the rearTo be last in a moving line of people, to walk or go behind others in a line.Rate it:
bring up toTo raise so that it reaches a particular standard or minimum requirement.Rate it:
bring uponTo cause to befall.Rate it:
broach toTo incline suddenly to windward, so as to lay the sails aback, and expose the vessel to the danger of oversetting.Rate it:
broad across the beamWithout fat on the hips and the bottom.Rate it:
broad churchA wide scope of philosophies and ideas.Rate it:
broad in the beamWithout fat on the hips and the bottom.Rate it:
broad shouldersThe ability to take criticism, or accept responsibility.Rate it:
broad strokesMajor features or key points; outline.Rate it:
broad strokesDevelopments, movements, or descriptions presented in a bold or sweeping manner, without intricacy, adornment, or subtlety.Rate it:
broad-beamedWide across body parts such as the hips.Rate it:
broaden someone's horizonsTo increase someone's interests, skills, or experiences beyond their current range.Rate it:
BroadwayA street name, typically for a wide road; a broad way.Rate it:
BroadwayThe wide road which runs diagonally through Manhattan, New York City.Rate it:
BroadwayA place name for a settlement which grew up around such a road. For example, Broadway, Worcestershire, Broadway, Somerset.Rate it:
BroadwayThe theater district of Manhattan.Rate it:

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