Name: English Tutor Nick P Verb Phrase (188) Bring Down - 7 Meanings
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Hi  this is Tutor Nick P and  this is Verb Phrase 188. The verb phrase today is

"bring down. " Okay. We have seven uses and seven meanings of the verb phrase

To-infinitive

bring down. All right.  Let's look the first one. We give two examples for the first one. To be

the person or thing that leads to or causes one's failure or defeat. Yeah. So

we could use this as an example. The opposing political party is trying every

method they can think of to bring down the administration. Because the

administration is the one that's in power. They're trying to get in power,  so

they're trying to do things to bring it down. They're not really trying to work

together and solve problems. They're just trying to bring down that administration,

so they can get power up again. All right.  So we can say somebody's trying to bring

someone down in that sense. All right. And we have a second example here/ Another

serious financial crisis could bring down the economy and stock market. So it

could cause it to fail and cause it to go down. Okay. Let's look at the second

one we have here. To be the cause of a structure or object to collapse . Then you

know,  something could bring it down.  The first example. The World Trade

Center was believed to be brought down by terrorists on 9/11. So it was believed

that they caused it to fall down. All right number two. That strong earthquake

brought down this famous monument.  Okay.  So maybe it cracked it and it fell over

it collapsed. Yes. All right. Let's look at number three here. To literally take or

carry. You know,  something down from a higher level to a lower level. Okay. So we

have an example here. If you go upstairs... if you're going up there can you bring

down my glasses on the end table. You know,  the end table. Those are the small

tables usually next to a bed. So maybe you left your glasses there and you're

asking someone in your family going up oh oh your since you're going up can you

bring down my glasses. Can you take them from upstairs to downstairs to a lower

level.  Okay. Number four here. To make a person sad

or put someone in a worse mood . Basically,  bring down their emotions. So here's the

example to that one. That movie was so depressing it really brought me down. It

put you in a sad mood. Made you feel down.  Sometimes we say a movie is a downer

like that. It brings your mood down.  All right , number five. To decrease the

costs or expense of something. Sure.  Because the economy was so bad they had

to bring down prices to stimulate sales.  Yeah. Maybe a lot of people didn't have

that much money or they weren't spending money,  so they had a lower prices even

more just to encourage people to buy something. All right. Number six here.  Okay.

To bring a person to a place to visit.  Okay.

You should bring your family down to Florida and take them to Disneyland.

Yeah,  especially if you're traveling south because we always say that you'd

go down south. So you should tell someone to bring someone down to somewhere.  So we

might even use it more if you're traveling in you know,  the southern

direction. If you're traveling south. Okay.  Number seven here.  I guess this is the

last one to stop or reduce someone's drug experience. Okay. The police caught

the suspect but he was out of control because he was high on drugs. Since they

didn't know you know,  which type of drug,  they didn't know how to bring him down.

Well , they might if they could bring him to a hospital. Sometimes if they know the

drug maybe they have a...  like an antidote or something. Some other drug might be

able to help bring them down. So make their drug experience end sooner or

reduce the effect of it. Maybe something they could do to bring them down.  Because

he's too high right now.  I guess if they can't do anything just

let it wear off and eventually it will wear off and it will come down on its

own. But you know,  if they try to force it they're trying to bring him down.

Okay. Good. Anyway,  I hope you got it.  I hope it was clear. I hope it was informative . Thank you

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English Tutor Nick P Verb Phrase (188) Bring Down - 7 Meanings

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