bring down on
Example Sentences
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Branch has been working on his running mechanics as a track athlete and how he could be even quicker and harder to bring down on the football field.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2024
No capital defendant, no matter how much he likes his lawyers, can be anything but panicked by the possibilities that disclosure might bring down on him.
From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2022
He’ll be a tough running back to bring down on Saturday.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2021
It certainly is not the “ton of bricks” that Graham vowed to bring down on MBS after Haspel’s briefing.
From Slate • Dec. 6, 2018
At last, with infinite craft, he devised an arrangement whereby the table could be supported as to three legs on toy bricks, leaving the fourth clear to bring down on the floor.
From Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II by Kipling, Rudyard