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brings down the house

brings down the house is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bring down the house.

Meaning of bring down the house

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To garner enthusiastic or wild applause or laughter.
    • "Well, your recitations just brought down the house, Anne. That sad one was simply splendid."1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

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Brings down the house is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bring down the house.

Words near brings down the house in the dictionary

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

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