30+ Common English Phrasal Verbs with BRING

1. Bring about

Meaning: Make something happen

E.g. Social changes that have been brought about by new technology.

2. Bring along

Meaning: Bring someone or something to certain place

E.g. You can bring your friends along if you like.

3. Bring along

Meaning: Help someone improve

E.g. Her coach has brought her along a lot in the last six months.

4. Bring around

Meaning: Persuade or convince someone

E.g. It took us ages to bring him around to our point of view.

5. Bring around

Meaning: Bring something with you when you visit

E.g. He brought some books around when he came last night.

6. Bring around

Meaning: Get someone talking about something

E.g. She didn’t want to tell, but I managed to bring her around and she told me everything.

7. Bring back

Meaning: Cause someone to remember

E.g. Visiting my old school brough back memories of when I was a pupil there.

8. Bring back

Meaning: To bring something when you return

E.g. Have a wonderful holiday and don’t forget to bring me back a present!

9. Bring back

Meaning: To make a dead person live

E.g. Her heart stopped three times during the operation but the surgeons managed to bring her back.

10. Bring back

Meaning: To introduce a new law or system

E.g. This brings me back to subject of operational cuts and the need to introduce them.

11. Bring back

Meaning: Reintroduce something that was used in the past

E.g. I think we should bring back the tradition of dressing up for dinner.

12. Bring back

Meaning: Employ again

E.g. Sam is looking to bring back the former tennis coach in the hope of winning some competitions.

13. Bring down

Meaning: Make a government fall

E.g. The vote of no-confidence brought the government down.

14. Bring down

Meaning: Make something cheaper/ to reduce

E.g. The improvements in technology have brought the prices of computers down considerably.

15. Bring forth

Meaning: Produce something, make it known or visible

E.g. The prosecution brought forth a lot of evidence against him.

16. Bring forth

Meaning: Produce

E.g. She brought forth a surprising result.

17. Bring forth

Meaning: Make something happen

E.g. The report has brought forth a lot of criticism of the policy.

18. Bring forth

Meaning: Remove something from where it is kept or hidden

E.g. She brought forth the diary and showed it to us.

19. Bring forward

Meaning: Make something happen earlier than originally planned

E.g. The meeting has been brought foward to this Friday instead of next week.

20. Bring in

Meaning: To use the skills of a particular group or person

E.g. We need to bring in a specialist to analyse the figures more closely for us.

21. Bring in

Meaning: To be the reason that someone receives money

E.g. The Royal Family bring in millions of pounds to the Treasury every year.

22. Bring in

Meaning: Earn

E.g. The job brings in two thousand dollars a month.

23. Bring off

Meaning: Succeed with something difficult

E.g. No one thought she’d manage to do it, but she brought it off in the end.

24. Bring on

Meaning: Cause something to happen or speed up the process

E.g. Getting wet in the rain yesterday brought on my cold.

25. Bring on

Meaning: Make something appear.

E.g. Bring on the dancers!

26. Bring out

Meaning: Release or publish.

E.g. The band are bringing out a new CD in the autumn.

27. Bring out in

Meaning: Cause a health problem or reaction.

E.g. It was the lobster that brought me out in this rash all over my body.

28. Bring round

Meaning: Make someone wake up fromunconsciousness or an anaesthetic.

E.g. The doctors brought him round a few hours after the operation.

29. Bring up

Meaning: Mention.

E.g. They didn’t bring the subject up at the meeting.

30. Bring up

Meaning: Raise a child.

E.g. My parents brought me up strictly.

31. Bring up

Meaning: Be officially charged with a crime.

E.g. He was brought up on charges of public intoxication.

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