English English Dictionary

bring down in English:

1. cause to fall

2. lower

In 1880, the Irish boycotted a landowner, Captain C.C. Boycott, for failing to lower rents.

His lower lip trembled

The higher classes constitute the mind of the single large whole of humanity; the lower classes constitute its limbs; the former are the thinking and designing part, the latter the executive part.

Shanghainese is actually a kind of pidgin, based on Wu dialects, Lower Yangtze Mandarin, and English loanwords.

The ownership of women begins in the lower barbarian stages of culture, apparently with the seizure of female captives. The original reason for the seizure and appropriation of women seems to have been their usefulness as trophies.

However, compared to that in cities, rural use of online news, search engines, online shopping, online banking, online stocks and so on is much lower.

He and his wife both work and his salary is lower than hers, so no wonder he is a hen-pecked husband.

It is a two level style round burial mound, 23m diameter (lower level), 18m (higher).

A nearby town even considered becoming part of the neighboring state. They really just wanted lower taxes.

Far from refuting the thesis that race is to blame for lower IQ score, Lynn's data actually supports it.

Subjugation of the lower classes is important to our covert centralization of resources.

If a women walks on a public street exposing her lower body, it's public indecency. If she walks while exposing her upper body, then it's a violation of article 20(1) of the minor offenses act.

If Cleopatra's nose had been a little lower, the history of the world might have been different.

When we take the wind-chill factor into account, the temperature must have been lower than thirty degrees below zero centigrade.

The musical instruments and parts are completely professional quality! And yet the prices are lower than anywhere!

English word "bring down"(lower) occurs in sets:

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3. reduce

We have considered your proposal, and we have decided that we are not able to reduce the price.

When you rely on the team too much, it may reduce your individual competitive instincts.

Moving to a smaller place will reduce the expenses.

To reduce misunderstandings we should learn the techniques for communicating successfully.

I've heard that eating one or two servings of fish a week will reduce your chances of getting heart disease.

reduce the anxiety

It cannot reasonably be assumed that decreasing the dose would reduce the risk of side-effects.

We must make the utmost effort to reduce the use of plastic packaging, and also to recycle all waste plastic.

Reduce to pulp by boiling.

Our firm is a giant one, and there are some rules and regulations, which should be revised or rescinded to reduce red tape and increase efficiency.

That company aims to reduce employee numbers by arranging a lot of retirement money for voluntary redundancies.

Many people reduce eating sweets, because sugar is not healthy.

The number of employees was reduced from 500 to 300.

We should reduce pollution in towns

I do not fear terrorists but those who want to make us fear terrorists to be able to reduce our freedom.

English word "bring down"(reduce) occurs in sets:

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4. reduce prices

5. to cause to lose power

English word "bring down"(to cause to lose power) occurs in sets:

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6. make unhappy

English word "bring down"(make unhappy) occurs in sets:

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7. destroy

Earthquakes destroy buildings.

There are plenty of things that can damage or even destroy those high-tech memories.

Denying she was an anarchist, Katja maintained she wished only to make changes in our government, not to destroy it.

With respect to these documents, I think the best thing is to destroy them.

A bad interview can destroy someone’s confidence.

We adults shouldn't destroy the intelligent and creative capacity of children.

Half the world's rainforests have already been destroyed.

Godzilla will never ever destroy the Imperial Palace nor the signboards of the sponsoring companies.

We mustn't let our planet be destroyed.

Alcohol destroys brain cells

In New York City, the term "Ground Zero" is the place where the World Trade Centre was destroyed in September 2001.

Sadly, we are destroying the environment and many species are disappearing.

1. You destroy everyone who gets close. / 2. Our mission is search and destroy.

The business of the journalist is to destroy the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and to sell his country and his race for his daily bread.

English word "bring down"(destroy) occurs in sets:

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8. cause somebody to lose power