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What does bring down mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word bring down? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To make a legitimate rulership lose their position of power.
  2. (transitive) To reduce.
  3. (transitive) To make something, especially something flying, fall to the ground. Usually by firing a weapon of some kind.
  4. (sports) To cause an opponent to fall after a tackle.
  5. (transitive) To make someone feel bad emotionally.
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A loader hands him the gun to bring down the quarry which is then retrieved from the undergrowth by trained hounds.
He and his Adullamites worked with the Tories to prevent the bill and ultimately bring down the government.
Measures were taken immediately to bring down the water level in the reservoir, near which 17 houses were flooded, the Civil Defence office said.
His pronouncements cannot bring down governments, or send armies off to fight and die.
Now, he's slashing capital expenditures and ransacking his portfolio for bits and pieces to sell, all to bring down debt.
He wanted to find a way to bring down the cost of motoring so that anyone could do it.

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