Definition of Bring on

1. Verb. Cause to arise. "Induce a crisis"

Exact synonyms: Induce
Generic synonyms: Bring Forth, Generate
Derivative terms: Inducement, Inducing, Inducive, Induction

2. Verb. Bring onto the market or release. "Produce a new play"
Exact synonyms: Bring Out, Produce
Causes: Appear
Specialized synonyms: Offer
Derivative terms: Producer, Production, Production

3. Verb. Cause to appear. "Bring on the birthday cake"

Definition of Bring on

1. Verb. (idiomatic transitive) To cause. ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic transitive) To make something appear, as on a stage or a place of competition. ¹

3. Verb. (idiomatic intransitive US informal often as imperative) To pose a challenge or threat; to attack; to compete aggressively. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bring On

bring-and-buy
bring a knife to a gunfight
bring about
bring around
bring back
bring down
bring down the house
bring forth
bring forward
bring home
bring home the bacon
bring in
bring it
bring it weak
bring off
bring on
bring one's arse to an anchor
bring oneself
bring out
bring outside
bring owls to Athens
bring round
bring someone to book
bring something to its knees
bring the lumber
bring through
bring to
bring to a boil
bring to bear
bring to heel

Literary usage of Bring on

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1839)
"... the convulsions did recur at other intervals, yet intemperate drinking never failed to bring on a paroxysm of severity. Philadelphia, September, 1839. ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by John Leycester Adolphus, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1842)
"... and in such number for each day as the Masters may see fit; and either party may bring on such enlarged rules, and the Court will dispose of them in the ..."

3. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1785)
"... hopes thereby to bring on a battle ‘with ... ..Rrit:jh general, in order to draw the enemy from his Jirong poji. and bring on an ..."

4. History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1656 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1903)
"During the next fortnight he strove in vain on a hattle. to bring on an engagement. The hills beyond the Carron were an insuperable obstacle to a direct ..."

5. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1858)
"... and, when the phalanx is formed, bring on and press the proposition persever'mgly, until its accomplishment. It is an encouraging observation that no ..."

6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench: And by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Thomas Flower Ellis, Francis Ellis, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1865)
"... we should answer in the negative; because the appellants had time to bring on the trial, and no ground for the delay is assigned. ..."

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