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bringing down to size

bringing down to size is the present participle and gerund of bring down to size.

Meaning of bring down to size

Verb

bring down to size (third-person singular simple present brings down to size, present participle bringing down to size, simple past and past participle brought down to size)

  1. Synonym of cut down to size.
    • It's part of his control-freak sickness, his let's-play-get-the-girl. Let's tell her she's great, beautiful, sexy, fun ... then let's bring her down to size. All the way down until she's somewhere way beneath him, leaving Marcus on top and in a very superior position.2005, Elizabeth Adler, Invitation to Provence

Questions about bringing down to size

What is bringing down to size the present participle and gerund of?
Bringing down to size is the present participle and gerund of bring down to size.

Words near bringing down to size in the dictionary

  1. bringing down a peg
  2. bringing down on
  3. bringing down the curtain
  4. bringing down the hammer
  5. bringing down the house
  6. bringing down to size
  7. bringing forth
  8. bringing forward
  9. bringing home
  10. bringing home the bacon
  11. bringing in

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