Usually means: Cause to fall or fail.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word bring down:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. bring down: Merriam-Webster
  2. bring down: Collins English Dictionary
  3. bring down: Vocabulary.com
  4. bring down: Wiktionary
  5. bring down: Dictionary.com
  6. bring down: Rhymezone
  7. bring down: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. bring down: FreeDictionary.org
  9. bring down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. bring down: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. bring down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bring down: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bring down: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bring down: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. bring down, bring down, bring down: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. bring down: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (bring down)

verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, down.
verb:  (transitive) To make (a ruler or government) lose their position of power.
verb:  (transitive) To reduce.
verb:  (transitive) To humble.
verb:  (transitive) To make (something, especially something flying) fall to the ground, usually by firing a weapon of some kind.
verb:  (sports, transitive) To cause (an opponent) to fall after a tackle.
verb:  (transitive) To make (someone) feel bad emotionally.
verb:  To cause to fall down, e.g. in an accident.
verb:  (transitive) To take (someone) to prison.
verb:  (African-American Vernacular, slang) To receive a prison sentence.
verb:  (African-American Vernacular, slang, transitive) To incite excitement in (a place or crowd).
verb:  (transitive) To calm down (someone).
verb:  (transitive) To stop the effects of intoxication in (someone).

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