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BRING TO BEAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bring to bear mean?
• BRING TO BEAR (verb)
The verb BRING TO BEAR has 1 sense:
1. bring into operation or effect
Familiarity information: BRING TO BEAR used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bring into operation or effect
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
The new members brought to bear new concerns to the U.N.
Hypernyms (to "bring to bear" is one way to...):
effect (act so as to bring into existence)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Context examples
Now, if we allow for two days less for the ship's voyage, owing to such weather influences as we know that the Count can bring to bear; and if we allow a whole day and night for any delays which may occur to us, then we have a margin of nearly two weeks.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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