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Verb: bring down  bring dawn
  1. Move something or somebody to a lower position
    - lower, take down, let down, get down
     
  2. Cause the downfall of; of rulers
    - overthrow, subvert, overturn
     
  3. Impose something unpleasant
    - inflict, visit, impose, obtrude
     
  4. Cause to come to the ground
    - land, put down
     
  5. Cause to be enthusiastic
    "Her playing brought down the house"
     
  6. Cut down on; make a reduction in
    - reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut

Derived forms: bringing down, brings down, brought down

See also: bring

Type of: arrive, come, communicate, decrease, depose, displace, enthuse, force out, get, intercommunicate, lessen, minify, move