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Break up = close an educational institution for the holidays
Example: Schools break up at the end of June for the summer
holidays.
Break up = finish a relationship
Example: They had been going out for a couple of years before
they broke up.
Bring about = make something happen
Example: The changes to the law were brought about by the gov-
ernment because so many people were ignoring the old one.
Bring back = cause someone to remember
Example: Visiting myoId school brought back memories of when
I was a pupil there.
Bring back = return
Example: He took the calculator home yesterday and hasn't brought
it back yet.
Bring down = make a government fall
Example: The vote of no-confidence brought the government down.
Bring down = make something cheaper
Example: The improvements in technology have brought the prices
of computers down considerably in recent months.
Bring forward = make something happen earlier than originally
planned
The meeting has been brought forward to this Friday insteaa of
next week because some people couldn't make it then.
Bring in = earn
Example: The job brings in two thousand dollars a month.
Bring on = cause something to happen or speed up the process
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