bringdown

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noun

bring·down ˈbriŋ-ˌdau̇n

Synonyms of bringdown next

: comedown, letdown

bring down

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verb

brought down; bringing down; brings down

transitive verb

: to cause to fall by or as if by shooting

: to carry (a total) forward

Phrases

bring down the house or bring the house down

: to win the enthusiastic approval of the audience

Examples of bringdown in a Sentence

Noun meeting one's literary hero is usually a bad idea—almost inevitably it's a bringdown

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By investing in remote health care offerings, like telehealth and hospital-at-home programs, along with transportation assistance, health systems can do their part in bringing down the cost of cancer. —

Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 In an earlier collaboration with Mankiewicz, the novel A Letter to Five Wives, the director and Zanuck struggled mightily to bring down the towering page count and, later unworkable runtime. —

Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025 So if Trump succeeds at bringing down energy prices, the Fed will know it and can quickly factor it into policy decisions. —

Neil Irwin, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025 At the same time, President Trump is exhorting operators in the United States as well as OPEC to pump more oil to bring down prices. —

Stanley Reed, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for bringdown