BRING Family Dictionary
🌊💙 Essential phrasal verbs for transport, creation and causation
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🚀 Causing & Creating
📦 Transport & Delivery
⬇️ Reducing & Lowering
🎯 Focusing & Directing
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BRING ABOUT ↑ Categories
Meaning: To cause something to happen, to make something occur
"The new policies brought about significant changes."
"What brought about his sudden decision to quit?"
💡 Usage Tip:
Perfect for discussing causes and consequences.
BRING UP ↑ Categories
Meaning: To raise children, to mention a topic, to vomit
"She was brought up by her grandparents."
"Don't bring up that topic during dinner."
💡 Usage Tip:
Multiple meanings: raising children or introducing topics.
BRING ON ↑ Categories
Meaning: To cause or trigger something, to encourage
"The stress brought on a terrible headache."
"Come on, bring on the challenge!"
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Used for triggering events or expressing readiness.
BRING FORTH ↑ Categories
Meaning: To produce, to give birth to, to present
"The tree brings forth beautiful flowers in spring."
"The investigation brought forth new evidence."
💡 Usage Tip:
More formal expression for producing or revealing something.
BRING IN ↑ Categories
Meaning: To carry inside, to introduce, to earn money
"Please bring in the groceries from the car."
"The company brings in millions every year."
💡 Usage Tip:
Can mean physical transport or generating income.
BRING BACK ↑ Categories
Meaning: To return with something, to restore, to recall memories
"Can you bring back some coffee when you go out?"
"This song brings back so many memories."
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Very common for returns and nostalgic memories.
BRING OVER ↑ Categories
Meaning: To transport something to someone's location
"I'll bring over the documents tomorrow."
"Why don't you bring over some friends for dinner?"
💡 Usage Tip:
Essential for social arrangements and deliveries.
BRING ALONG ↑ Categories
Meaning: To carry or accompany someone/something to a place
"Feel free to bring along your family to the party."
"Don't forget to bring along your passport."
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Perfect for invitations and reminders about items to carry.
BRING DOWN ↑ Categories
Meaning: To reduce, to make sad, to cause to fall
"The new competition brought down our prices."
"The sad news brought him down for weeks."
💡 Usage Tip:
Can mean reduction, causing sadness, or making fall.
BRING FORWARD ↑ Categories
Meaning: To move to an earlier time, to present for consideration
"We need to bring forward the meeting to Monday."
"She brought forward several interesting proposals."
💡 Usage Tip:
Very useful for rescheduling and presenting ideas.
BRING OUT ↑ Categories
Meaning: To reveal or emphasize qualities, to publish, to produce
"The blue shirt brings out the color of your eyes."
"The company is bringing out a new product next month."
💡 Usage Tip:
Great for emphasizing qualities or launching products.
BRING TOGETHER ↑ Categories
Meaning: To unite people or things, to organize a gathering
"The charity event brought together people from all walks of life."
"Let's bring together all the information we have."
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Beautiful expression for unity and collaboration.
BRING AROUND ↑ Categories
Meaning: To convince someone, to help regain consciousness
"I hope I can bring him around to our way of thinking."
"The doctor brought her around with smelling salts."
💡 Usage Tip:
Can mean persuasion or medical revival.
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