bring something away (from something)
- bring something away (from something)
bring something away† (from something)
1. to come away from some event with some important insight or information. •
I brought some valuable advice away from the lecture.
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She brought away some valuable advice from the meeting.
2. to move something away from something. (A request to move something away from something and toward the requester.) •
Bring the pitcher of water away from the fireplace.
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Bring away the pitcher from the fireplace when you get up.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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bring — W1S1 [brıŋ] v past tense and past participle brought [bro:t US bro:t] [T] [: Old English; Origin: bringan] 1.) a) to take something or someone with you to the place where you are now, or to the place you are talking about →↑take ▪ Did you bring… … Dictionary of contemporary English
bring — [brɪŋ] verb brought PTandPP [brɔːt ǁ brɒːt] LAW bring a case/charge/suit/lawsuit to organize a legal case against someone: • a string of lawsuits brought by jobseekers who think they re the victims of discrimination • Company directors are… … Financial and business terms
Bring — Bring, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bringing}.] [OE. bringen, AS. bringan; akin to OS. brengian, D. brengen, Fries. brenga, OHG. bringan, G. bringen, Goth. briggan.] 1. To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bring — bring, take, fetch are comparable but not interchangeable when used in the sense of to convey from one place to another. Bring implies carrying, leading, or transporting from a distance to the point where the speaker or agent is or will be; take … New Dictionary of Synonyms
bring — [briŋ] vt. brought, bringing [ME bringen < OE bringan < IE base * bhrenk , *bronk > Welsh he brwng, to bring, lead] 1. to carry or lead (a person or thing) to the place thought of as “here” or to a place where the speaker will be [bring… … English World dictionary
bring back — verb 1. bring back to the point of departure (Freq. 6) • Syn: ↑return, ↑take back • Derivationally related forms: ↑return (for: ↑return) • Hy … Useful english dictionary
away — a|way1 W1S1 [əˈweı] adv [: Old English; Origin: onweg, aweg, from on + weg way ] 1.) used to say that someone leaves a place or person, or stays some distance from a place or person ▪ Go away! ▪ Dinah was crying as she drove slowly away. away… … Dictionary of contemporary English
away — 1 adverb 1 to or at a distance from someone or something: Go away! | Dinah was crying as she drove slowly away. (+ from): The police tried to keep people away from the accident. | turn/look away (from sb/sth) (=turn so that you are not looking at … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bring down — verb 1. move something or somebody to a lower position (Freq. 3) take down the vase from the shelf • Syn: ↑lower, ↑take down, ↑let down, ↑get down • Ant: ↑raise ( … Useful english dictionary
bring off — verb be successful; achieve a goal She succeeded in persuading us all I managed to carry the box upstairs She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it The pianist negociated the difficult runs • Syn: ↑pull off, ↑negociate, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bring — bringer, n. /bring/, v.t., brought, bringing. 1. to carry, convey, conduct, or cause (someone or something) to come with, to, or toward the speaker: Bring the suitcase to my house. He brought his brother to my office. 2. to cause to come to or… … Universalium
