Usually means: Elicit enthusiastic applause, overwhelm audience.
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  1. bring the house down: Merriam-Webster
  2. bring the house down: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bring the house down: Collins English Dictionary
  4. bring the house down: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. bring the house down: Wiktionary
  6. bring the house down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. bring the house down: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (Bring the house down)

verb:  Alternative form of bring down the house [(idiomatic) To garner enthusiastic or wild applause or laughter.]

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