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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bring about

If negotiations were to resume, it’s unclear whether Trump and his coterie of negotiators have the stamina or the foreign service expertise to bring about an accord.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Economists and investors have since worried that bad numbers could bring about the dismissal of statisticians, while good ones could be greeted skeptically by the public.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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

But we may easily be doing so now by inadvertence, for many chemicals, like radiation, bring about gene mutations.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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