bring sb down
— phrasal verb with bring uk/brɪŋ/us/brɪŋ/verb [ T ] brought, brought
to cause someone in a position of power to lose their job:
This scandal could bring down the country's government.
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Taking action against people in power
- anarchist
- angry young man
- bring
- counter-revolution
- coup
- insurgent
- mutineer
- mutiny
- overthrow
- palace coup
- partisan
- poacher
- poacher turned gamekeeper idiom
- put sth down 1
- riot
- riotous
- rising
- secede
- state of emergency
- uprising
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to cause someone to fall down by pushing or kicking the person when they are moving:
Suarez was awarded a penalty when Olsson brought him down.
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Pushing and shoving
- barge
- bring
- bundle
- dig
- force
- frogmarch
- heave
- jostle
- knock
- nudge
- push
- push off
- push sb/sth over
- ram
- repel
- scrum
- shove
- stab
- upend
- wheel
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Upsetting and destabilizing