bring about

British  

verb

1. to cause to happen

   to bring about a change in the law

2. to turn (a ship) around

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bring about Idioms  

1. Also, bring to pass. Make something happen, accomplish or result in something. For example, The revised tax code brought about considerable changes in accounting. The first term dates from the 1400s, and the variant, today considered rather formal, from the first half of the 1500s. Also see bring on, def. 1.

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Example Sentences

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bring about

“Repetitive lies no longer even bring about short-term market relief.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

That first listing did not bring about the Hollywood ending that Mirren, 80, and Hackford, 81, had hoped for.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

"We want to bring about change, and if we can get that change via commitments then we would be most happy," a senior EU official said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Majed Nachawati, a Dallas-based lawyer representing Roundup plaintiffs, said he still intends to bring about 100 Roundup cancer cases to trial on design-defect claims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

It needed only time now to bring about the match which Kit and John Holbrook had interrupted.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

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