bringdown

[ bring-doun ]

/ ˈbrɪŋˌdaʊn /

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noun Informal.

a disappointment or disillusionment; letdown: It was quite a bringdown to find myself running last in the mayoral race.

anything, as a cutting remark or critical action, that causes depression or deflates one's ego; a put-down.

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Origin of bringdown

1940–45; noun use of verb phrase bring down; modeled on letdown and causative of comedown

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How to use bringdown in a sentence

Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
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That article noted that the F-35 does not currently have the ability to down-link live video to ground troops,.
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A grand juror in the Ferguson case is suing to be able to explain exactly what went down in the courtroom.
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Taraji manages to bring an equal measure of truth to the mother in her character.
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The gunman then burst from the restaurant and fled down the street with the other man.
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The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
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I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
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His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
So he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

British Dictionary definitions for bringdown

bring down

verb (tr, adverb)

to cause to fallthe fighter aircraft brought the enemy down; the ministers agreed to bring down the price of oil

(usually passive) slang to cause to be elated and then suddenly depressed, as from using drugs

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Other Idioms and Phrases with bringdown

bring down

Cause to fall, collapse, or die. For example, The pilot won a medal for bringing down enemy aircraft, or The bill's defeat was sure to bring down the party. [c. 1300]

Cause a punishment or judgment, as in The bomb threats brought down the public's wrath on the terrorists [Mid-1600s]

Reduce, lower, as in I won't buy it till they bring down the price, or He refused to bring himself down to their level. This usage may be literal, as in the first example, or figurative, as in the second. [First half of 1500s]