brung
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We’re setting aside most franchises, since you have to dance with the IP that brung ya.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2025
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
Zogby commented: “There’s an old Chicago politics saying: ‘You dance with the one that brung ya,’ … If he gets in the race, it would be difficult for her not endorse him.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2019
“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
He picked up the toady-frog and brung him ’cross the road right at me and Cooter.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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