Usually means: Cause something to happen to.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (bring upon)

▸ verb:  To (either knowingly or unwittingly) cause to befall.

Similar:
bring on, bring about, come upon, come to, invoke, bring, incur, infer, induce, beget, more...

Opposite:
remove, take away, eliminate, withdraw

Types:
death, disease, famine, poverty, war, natural disaster, catastrophe, more...

Phrases:
bring upon oneself, to bring upon ones self, bring upon yourself, more...

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Similar:
bring on, bring about, come upon, come to, invoke, bring, incur, infer, induce, beget, more...

Opposite:
remove, take away, eliminate, withdraw

Types:
death, disease, famine, poverty, war, natural disaster, catastrophe, more...

Phrases:
bring upon oneself, to bring upon ones self, bring upon yourself, more...



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