to bring down
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4.3
- phrasal verb
- /brɪŋ daʊn/
- Informal
:
desanimar
- And this is what brings me down.
And you'll find that the people that bring you down start popping up.
- And you'll find that the people that bring you down start popping up.
- He's trying to bring you down as low as possible.
- They do infect the soul and bring it down, you could say.
- And then science keeps bringing humanity down from its pedestal.
- It's such a good thing to be brought completely down to earth by your children.
- That would be the most important because loneliness will just bring you down and that brings sickness.
- And, and how does that bring him down and make it make it a low point for him?
- White people, straight people, Christians, it brings folks down.
- That my children bring me down to earth.
- How is speaking about a woman and bringing her down?
- Life is far too short to be around people that bring you down and don't make you happy.
- Ryan, we're going to bring the mood down.
- That they're finally brought down or shamed publicly.
- It's like it's letting it the energy build and and bring you down often times.
Examples
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And I'm not gonna let you bring us both down.
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Simply put, anyone that does not fit the culture brings down the rest of the team.
Blog text (17) -
And it's people like you that bring us all down.
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Nobody can bring her down?
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Must have really brought you down.
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Why are you bringing yourself down with these, with these toxic people?
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And don't ever let anyone bring you down, OK?
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Life is far too short to be around people that bring you down and don't make you happy.
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You're an amazing person, and do not let the animosity of others bring you down.
Blog text (1) -
Don't let negative comments bring down your spirits; stay positive and keep working hard.
Synonyms
802
1.0
Make something go down in position, amount, or strength
162
2.1
To make something weaker or in a worse state
89
4.7
Make a person or thing seem less important
87
4.2
To make someone feel sad or discouraged
33
6.1
To make someone lose confidence or hope
22
4.1
To make someone feel sad or less hopeful
19
6.5
To make a person, company or system stop working
10
4.8
To make prices, levels, or activity fall
9
4.9
Make someone feel sad or worried
3
8.6
To say bad things about someone to make them look worse
1
6.3
To make someone feel sad or discouraged
Antonyms
How Low
221
4.9
32
4.1
33
6.1
- Informal
36
4.3
76
2.3
492
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to elicit enthusiastic applause' cannot be derived from the literal meanings of 'bring' (to cause or convey) and 'down' (to lower or defeat); those constituents normally indicate reduction, movement, or defeat rather than approval. This meaning arises idiomatically in the phrase 'bring down the house' and is culturally specific, so a B1 learner who knows the words but has not encountered the idiom would not predict this sense.
Etymology
Bring down can come from the image of something that pulls mood or value lower—like grey weather that brings a party down and makes people feel sad—so it means 'to make someone or something worse or less cheerful', and sometimes 'to make a place less formal'.