bring someone or something to life

bring someone or something to life
bring someone or something to life
Fig. to give vigor or vitality to someone or something; to reactivate someone or something. (See also bring something back to life.) •

A little singing and dancing would have brought the play to life.

Some coffee will bring you to life.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • life — [[t]la͟ɪvz[/t]] ♦ lives 1) N UNCOUNT Life is the quality which people, animals, and plants have when they are not dead, and which objects and substances do not have. ...a baby s first minutes of life... Amnesty International opposes the death… …   English dictionary

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  • bring back — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms bring back : present tense I/you/we/they bring back he/she/it brings back present participle bringing back past tense brought back past participle brought back 1) to cause ideas, feelings, or memories to be in …   English dictionary

  • Bring Me to Life — Infobox Single Name = Bring Me to Life Artist = Evanescence from Album = Fallen B side = Farther Away , Missing Released = April 22, 2003 Format = CD single, DVD single, digital download Recorded = 2003 Genre = Alternative metal Length = 3:57… …   Wikipedia

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