bringsomethingback
phrasal verbwithbringverb[T]uk/brɪŋ/us/brɪŋ/brought|brought
(RETURN)
A2
toreturnfromsomewherewith something:
[+ two objects]Can youbringme back somemilk?
- If youbringthedepositbottlesback, you'll have enoughmoneyforchewinggum.
- Astronautsbroughtbackspecimensofmoonrock.
- Webroughtback a fewsouvenirsfromourholidayin Greece.
- "He hasn'tbroughtthebookback." "Oh, really! That's the secondtimeI'veaskedhim!"
- Ibroughta fewtriflesback fromIndia-bitsofjewelleryandmaterialmainly.
Giving, bringing or getting back
- bring
- chargeback
- clawsomethingback
- giver
- money-back
- put
- recovery
- refund
- regain
- regrow
- reintroduce
- reintroduction
- replace
- send
- sendsomethingback
- syndication
- takesomethingback
- turn
- turn in
- turnsomethingover tosomeone
(REMEMBER)
to make someonethinkabout something from the past:
Thephotosbroughtback somewonderfulmemories.
Remembering, reminding and reminders
- aide-mémoire
- annal
- awakensomeonetosomething
- be engraved onsomeone'smemory/mindidiom
- be etched on/insomeone'smemoryidiom
- commit
- echo
- hooky
- if my memory serves me rightidiom
- imprint
- indelible
- jogsomeone'smemoryidiom
- recall
- reminder
- reminisce
- reminiscence
- reminiscent
- retrace
- shade
- stamp
(DO AGAIN)
tostartto do or use something that was done or used in the past:
Fewpoliticiansare infavourofbringingback thehigherratesoftax.
Repeating an action
- be at it againidiom
- be/sound like a broken recordidiom
- binge-watch
- bingeable
- blitz
- cycle
- drill
- Groundhog Day
- here
- here we go (again)idiom
- iterative
- keepyoureye inidiom
- rep
- reprise
- reproduce
- reproducible
- reread
- rerun
- resend
- rewrite