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What does bring on mean?

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

Verb
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To cause.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To make something appear, as on a stage or a place of competition.
  3. (idiomatic, intransitive, US, informal, often as imperative) To pose a challenge or threat; to attack; to compete aggressively.
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He notes that these shut-in wells take approximately 8 months to bring on stream.
The activities or thoughts that bring on a state of flow are different for each of us.
Failure to produce a copy upon being asked could bring on a beating by the Red Guards.
I can have a drink with those sort of reactionaries whereas fascists bring on one of my funny turns.
Tipping rights are the right to bring on to the land what I think is described as putrescible waste.
Slightly more mature, but enough immaturity to still bring on a good blowout fight whenever we feel like.

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