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bringing low

bringing low is the present participle and gerund of bring low.

Meaning of bring low

Verb

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

  1. To embarrass or humiliate.
  2. To kill.
    • Then Beowulf too rallied. With his whetted dagger he slit a gash in the serpent's middle. Thus did Beowulf bring him low!1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 46

Questions about bringing low

What is bringing low the present participle and gerund of?
Bringing low is the present participle and gerund of bring low.

Words near bringing low in the dictionary

  1. bringing into being
  2. bringing into line
  3. bringing into play
  4. bringing it
  5. bringing it weak
  6. bringing low
  7. bringing off
  8. bringing on
  9. bringing one's arse to an anchor
  10. bringing one's arse to anchor
  11. bringing one's ass to an anchor

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