■ bring down

■ bring down
■ bring down
v. t. + avv.
1 portare giù; far scendere; abbassare; calare: to bring down the curtain, calare il sipario
2 (aeron.) far atterrare; portare a terra
3 abbattere (una preda, un aereo)
4 far cadere; far crollare; rovesciare; abbattere: to bring down the government, rovesciare il governo
5 (sport) atterrare (un avversario); falciare; mettere a terra
6 abbassare (un prezzo, un valore); far calare (o scendere); far diminuire; ridurre: to bring down inflation, far scendere l'inflazione; to bring down air fares, ridurre le tariffe aeree; to bring down the temperature, far scendere la temperatura
7 attirare (guai, ecc., su q.); tirare addosso: He brought down all sorts of trouble on himself, si è tirato addosso un sacco di guai
8 (fam. USA) deprimere
9 (mat.: in un'operazione aritmetica) abbassare
10 (rag.) portare in diminuzione (una somma, ecc.) □ (teatr.) to bring the house down, far crollare il teatro per gli applausi; suscitare un uragano di risate □ (fam.) to bring sb. down a peg or two, far abbassare la cresta a q.

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