All bring home synonyms
bring home
B b verb bring home
- gather β to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- sock β a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.
- procure β to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- snag β a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- turn β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- effect β something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
- consummate β You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful.
- attain β If you attain something, you gain it or achieve it, often after a lot of effort.
- cop β A cop is a policeman or policewoman.
- net β net income, profit, or the like.
- wrangle β to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
- hustle β to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- picture β a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- show β to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- imitate β to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author's style; to imitate an older brother.
- instance β a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- vivify β to give life to; animate; quicken.
- proclaim β to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- disclose β to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- get across β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get over β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- limelight β Theater. (formerly) a lighting unit for spotlighting the front of the stage, producing illumination by means of a flame of mixed gases directed at a cylinder of lime and having a special lens for concentrating the light in a strong beam. the light so produced. Chiefly British. a lighting unit, especially a spotlight.
- show and tell β an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
- draw a picture β represent sth visually
- ostend β a seaport in NW Belgium.
- drive home β to cause to penetrate to the fullest extent
- pull down β designed to be pulled down for use: a pull-down bed; a desk with a pull-down front.
- bring home the bacon β If you bring home the bacon, you achieve what you needed to achieve.
- clean up β If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
- make it big β If you make it big, you become successful or famous.
- scare up β to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- scrape together β to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- pay one's dues β owed at present; having reached the date for payment: This bill is due.
- transmit β to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- get through to β reach: on phone
- put over β to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- clear up β When you clear up or clear a place up, you tidy things and put them away.