brought down; bringing down; brings down
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Noun
meeting one's literary hero is usually a bad idea—almost inevitably it's a bringdown
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
But desserts like it, ones that use gelatin and pudding mixes, were at their peak of popularity in the mid-20th century, several years before the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2025
The idea is that the shift in materials would bring down the cost and mean that Apple, for the first time, would release an Apple Watch for less than the $249 cost of the current Apple Watch SE.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
The few 30-somethings at the service weren’t doing much to bring down the average age.
—Emilien Hofman (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
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Marquette County could see up to 12 inches of snow in higher elevations, with half an inch of ice threatening to bring down power lines and trees.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
But desserts like it, ones that use gelatin and pudding mixes, were at their peak of popularity in the mid-20th century, several years before the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2025
The idea is that the shift in materials would bring down the cost and mean that Apple, for the first time, would release an Apple Watch for less than the $249 cost of the current Apple Watch SE.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
The few 30-somethings at the service weren’t doing much to bring down the average age.
—Emilien Hofman (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Bringdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bringdown. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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