bring to bear

Idioms  

1. Exert, apply, as in All his efforts are brought to bear on the new problem, or The union is bringing pressure to bear on management. [Late 1600s]

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bring to bear

It’s “yet another advantage IBM can bring to bear in enabling, scaling, and governing production AI systems that will necessarily need to be scaffolded atop existing IT architectures,” Boolani wrote.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

Morally if not legally, they deserve more grief than whatever the Justice Department manages to bring to bear on them, which won’t be much.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

He hopes “to bring to bear at the federal level many of the changes that we’re leading with here in California,” and has said promoting electric cars and solar and wind energy isn’t enough.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024

“We generally have social pressure which we can bring to bear on those types of incidents,” which can involve gauging a perpetrator’s intent, she said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2024

I was getting a lesson in the sort of influence a wealthy baron’s firstborn son could bring to bear.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss