brung
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Mr. Biden took a trip to Milwaukee on Wednesday to speak to the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce, where he told them, “You brung me to the dance.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
Sean, you gotta dance with the one who brung ya.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2022
After The Beguiled, Eastwood mostly danced with the one that brung him – scowling, frowning, doing that thing with the eye.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2017
“This is a huge deal to speak to the people who brung you to the dance,” Mr. Norquist said.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2017
“What brung it? Where be you, when it come so close?”
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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