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  • 91bring (something) home — (to (someone)) to make something more clearly understood. Her visit to the war memorial brought home to her the suffering the war had caused. Usage notes: usually said about something that is difficult or unpleasant Related vocabulary: hammer… …

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  • 92bring something to light — bring (something) to light to discover facts, often about something bad or illegal. When their accounts were examined, several errors were brought to light. (usually passive) …

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  • 93bring to light — bring (something) to light to discover facts, often about something bad or illegal. When their accounts were examined, several errors were brought to light. (usually passive) …

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  • 94bring something to mind — bring (something/someone) to mind to cause you to think of someone or something. Something about his face brings to mind an old friend of mine …

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  • 95bring someone to mind — bring (something/someone) to mind to cause you to think of someone or something. Something about his face brings to mind an old friend of mine …

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  • 96bring to mind — bring (something/someone) to mind to cause you to think of someone or something. Something about his face brings to mind an old friend of mine …

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  • 97bring in something — bring in (something) to earn money. She brings in about $600 a week …

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  • 98bring in — (something) to earn money. She brings in about $600 a week …

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  • 99bring down the shutters — ˌbring/ˌput down the ˈshutters idiom to stop letting sb know what your thoughts or feelings are; to stop letting yourself think about sth • He brought down the shutters on the image of the dying girl. Main entry: ↑shutteridiom …

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  • 100bring somebody up against something — ˌbring sb ˈup against sth derived to force sb to know about sth and have to deal with it • Working in the slums brought her up against the realities of poverty. Main entry: ↑bringderived …

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