bring
/brɪŋ/ verb [T] (past tense and past participle brought)Definition
› to take someone or something with you when you go somewhere: Did you bring an umbrella with you? [+ two objects] He brought me some flowers.
bring happiness/peace/shame, etc › to cause happiness/peace/shame, etc: Money does not always bring happiness.
can not bring yourself to do sth › to not be willing to do something because it is so unpleasant: He couldn't bring himself to talk to her. → See also bring sb/sth to their knees → See also bring sth to light
(Definition of bring verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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