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bring the house down en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of bring down the house.
    • He sits back in anticipation of bringing the house down, but there’s merely silence. Until pretty much everyone chimes in with: ‘So, Horner’s syndrome then?’ 2017, Adam Kay, This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 9:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
brings the house down Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bringing the house down Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
brought the house down Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
brought the house down Tense=Past lexicographic