Bring Phrasal Verbs
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- If you 'bring someone round', you persuade them.
- • He was against the idea but Sally brought him round. • How can we bring him round?
- If something 'brings back' memories, it reminds you of the past.
- • That photo brings back memories of our visit to Thailand. • Meeting him brought back memories of when we worked together.
- If you 'bring someone in on' a discussion, you ask them to join in with your discussion.
- • I want to bring in John on this as he is an expert. • We need to bring in an outside consultant.
- If you 'bring up' a subject, you mention it.
- • Mark brought up the problem with the heating. • Any other problems that you want to bring up?
- If you 'bring something about', you cause it to happen.
- • How can we bring about change in this old-fashioned company? • We need to bring about a change in attitude.
- If you 'bring on' somebody, you train them to be better.
- • Martin always brings on the trainees really well. • We try to bring on people quickly and promote them.
- If you 'bring someone along' with you, they come with you.
- • I want to bring along John to the meeting, if that is OK. • Why not bring Simon along, if he's interested?
- If you 'bring down' a price, you reduce it.
- • We need to bring down the price to something more affordable. • They're bringing down the price of all their cars.
- If you 'bring out' a new product, you introduce it to the market.
- • I hear they have brought out a new model. • We're bringing it out early next year.
- If you 'bring forward' a meeting, you arrange it for an earlier time.
- • I want to bring forward the meeting to Tuesday. • Can we bring forward the meeting by an hour?