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
All the crimes of Nero and Caligula are less afflicting to humanity, and consequently we may suppose will bring down on the offenders a less severe retribution, than an unnecessary and unjust war.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
