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bring down the house

bring down the house
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bring doun stressed th ee noun, adjective hous]
    • /brɪŋ daʊn stressed ði noun, adjective haʊs/
    • /brɪŋ daʊn ðə haʊs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bring doun stressed th ee noun, adjective hous]
    • /brɪŋ daʊn stressed ði noun, adjective haʊs/

Definitions of bring down the house words

  • noun bring down the house to receive enthusiastic applause from the audience 3
  • noun plural bring down the house a building in which people live; residence for human beings. 1
  • noun plural bring down the house a household. 1
  • noun plural bring down the house (often initial capital letter) a family, including ancestors and descendants: the great houses of France; the House of Hapsburg. 1
  • noun plural bring down the house a building for any purpose: a house of worship. 1
  • noun plural bring down the house a theater, concert hall, or auditorium: a vaudeville house. 1
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Origin of bring down the house

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English h(o)us, Old English hūs; cognate with Dutch huis, Low German huus, Old Norse hūs, German Haus, Gothic -hūs (in gudhūs temple); (v.) Middle English housen, Old English hūsian, derivative of the noun

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Parts of speech for Bring down the house

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Bring down the house

bring down the house popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for bring down the house

verb bring down the house

  • perform — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
  • portray — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
  • play — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • represent — to present again or anew.
  • feign — to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness.

noun bring down the house

  • acclaim — If someone or something is acclaimed, they are praised enthusiastically.
  • ovation — an enthusiastic public reception of a person, marked especially by loud and prolonged applause.
  • accolade — If someone is given an accolade, something is done or said about them which shows how much people admire them.
  • kudos — plural of kudo.
  • praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
All 60 Synonyms of bring down the house

Antonyms for bring down the house

verb bring down the house

  • prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
  • abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
  • cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
  • discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
  • hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.

noun bring down the house

  • disapproval — the act or state of disapproving; a condemnatory feeling, look, or utterance; censure: stern disapproval.
  • silence — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
  • criticism — the analysis or evaluation of a work of art, literature, etc
  • blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
All 23 Antonyms of bring down the house

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