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The thing that I had saved up for myself and wanted most to bring off was a fully fledged professional production of Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theater in Stratford.
Trevor Nunn

Meaning of "bring off" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BRING OFF

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRING OFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bring off is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bring off in English.

WHAT DOES BRING OFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bring off in the English dictionary

The definition of bring off in the dictionary is to succeed in achieving, esp with difficulty or contrary to expectations. Other definition of bring off is to cause to have an orgasm.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BRING OFF

PRESENT

Present
I bring off
you bring off
he/she/it brings off
we bring off
you bring off
they bring off
Present continuous
I am bringing off
you are bringing off
he/she/it is bringing off
we are bringing off
you are bringing off
they are bringing off
Present perfect
I have brought off
you have brought off
he/she/it has brought off
we have brought off
you have brought off
they have brought off
Present perfect continuous
I have been bringing off
you have been bringing off
he/she/it has been bringing off
we have been bringing off
you have been bringing off
they have been bringing off
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I brought off
you brought off
he/she/it brought off
we brought off
you brought off
they brought off
Past continuous
I was bringing off
you were bringing off
he/she/it was bringing off
we were bringing off
you were bringing off
they were bringing off
Past perfect
I had brought off
you had brought off
he/she/it had brought off
we had brought off
you had brought off
they had brought off
Past perfect continuous
I had been bringing off
you had been bringing off
he/she/it had been bringing off
we had been bringing off
you had been bringing off
they had been bringing off
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will bring off
you will bring off
he/she/it will bring off
we will bring off
you will bring off
they will bring off
Future continuous
I will be bringing off
you will be bringing off
he/she/it will be bringing off
we will be bringing off
you will be bringing off
they will be bringing off
Future perfect
I will have brought off
you will have brought off
he/she/it will have brought off
we will have brought off
you will have brought off
they will have brought off
Future perfect continuous
I will have been bringing off
you will have been bringing off
he/she/it will have been bringing off
we will have been bringing off
you will have been bringing off
they will have been bringing off
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would bring off
you would bring off
he/she/it would bring off
we would bring off
you would bring off
they would bring off
Conditional continuous
I would be bringing off
you would be bringing off
he/she/it would be bringing off
we would be bringing off
you would be bringing off
they would be bringing off
Conditional perfect
I would have bring off
you would have bring off
he/she/it would have bring off
we would have bring off
you would have bring off
they would have bring off
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been bringing off
you would have been bringing off
he/she/it would have been bringing off
we would have been bringing off
you would have been bringing off
they would have been bringing off
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you bring off
we let´s bring off
you bring off
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to bring off
Past participle
brought off
Present Participle
bringing off
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRING OFF

bring about
bring down
bring forth
bring forward
bring home the bacon
bring home to
bring in
bring into the open
bring into the world
bring on
bring out
bring out of one´s shell
bring over
bring round
bring someone to his knees
bring something to its knees
bring the house down
bring to
bring to bay
bring to bear

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRING OFF

beg off
better off
bog off
cut off
damping off
day off
drop off
get off
hold off
kick off
on and off
ring off
show off
shrug off
sling off
sugaring off
take off
telling off
ticking off
turn off

Synonyms and antonyms of bring off in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bring off» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRING OFF

Find out the translation of bring off to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bring off from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bring off» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

将关闭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

traer off
570 millions of speakers

English

bring off
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बंद लाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جلب قبالة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

принести с
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

levar a cabo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিশ্বের মধ্যে আনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

réussir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membawa masuk ke dunia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

retten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

成し遂げる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오프 가져
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggawa menyang donya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đưa ra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உலகத்திற்கு கொண்டு வருதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जगामध्ये आणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dünyaya getirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

portare a termine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wprowadzą się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

принести з
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aduce off
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φέρει off
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

af te bring
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ta bort
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bringe off
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bring off

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRING OFF»

The term «bring off» is normally little used and occupies the 109.840 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRING OFF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bring off» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bring off» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bring off

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2 QUOTES WITH «BRING OFF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bring off.
1
Trevor Nunn
The thing that I had saved up for myself and wanted most to bring off was a fully fledged professional production of Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theater in Stratford.
2
Jerry Pournelle
So, I guess the answer to your question is very few people can bring off a novel of the future because it's just so damn hard to make it look like the future.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRING OFF»

Discover the use of bring off in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bring off and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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American code of marine signals ...
4201 Bring off letters. 4203 Bring off refreshments. 4205 Bring off a load of sand. 4206 Bring off a load of ballast. 4207 Bring off beef. 4208 Bring off vegetables. 4209 Bring off officers. 4210 Bring off working parry. 4213 Bring off marines.
Henry J. Rogers, 1855
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Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage
CISHnoi bring-go-(and)-bring-come /i'i22/ n (Gren) [AF] \\ BRING-AND-CARRY* ( StVn) bring off; bring off rope rb phrs (Trin) [AF] To create a noisy scene; to make a loud display of (not necessarily genuine) vexation, a. On Wednesday, I went ...
Richard Allsopp, Jeannette Allsopp, 2003
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The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut
[Paul) Reeves to L. I. and bring off his household goods and Linnen to be Sold for the use of the soldiers. 32 Dec. 13, 1780. Resolved that Jeremiah King, resident of Lyme, be permitted to bring off from L. I. the rents of his farm in the produce or ...
Frederic Gregory Mather, 1913
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
To bring off. To clear; to procure to be acquitted ; to cause to escape.— 1 trusted to my head, that h.-is betrayed me; and I found fault with my legs, that would otherwise have brought me off. L'Estr. — Set a kite upon the bench, and it is forty to ...
5
Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On ...
bring off rope|broad-bill bring off rope bring off rope phr Behave in an outrageous , aggressive manner; express annoyance or anger loudly and forcefully; be verbally abusive. = bring off ◊ If you see how he was bringing off – giving us plenty ...
Lise Winer, 2009
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Multi-word Verbs in Early Modern English: A Corpus Based Study
... out bring away carry down beat up bring back carry forth bind over bring down carry in bind together bring forth carry off bind up bring home carry on blab out bring in carry out block up bring off carry over blot out bring on carry up blow about ...
Claudia Claridge, 2000
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Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
To bring off'. To clear ; to procure to be acquitted ; to cause to escape. I trusted to my head, that has betrayed mc ; and I found fault with my legs, that would otherwise have brought me off. L' Estrange. Set a kite upon the bench, and it is forty to ...
Samuel Johnson, 1827
8
Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
L'Estr. '—Set a kite upon the bench, and it is forty to One he'll bring off a crow at the bar. V Estrange. —The best way to avoid this imputation, and to bring off the credit of our understanding, is to be truly religious. Tillotson. 18. To bring on.
9
Company Aytch
I do not know which side whipped, but I know that I helped bring off those four Napoleon guns that night, though we were mighty easy about it. They were given to Turner's Battery of our brigade, and had the name of our Lieutenant-Colonel, ...
Samuel R. Watkins, M. Thomas Inge, 1999
10
An abridgment of Ainsworth's dictionary: English and Latin : ...
\Tobring low. Dejlcio, deduce, [Bring so decay] Labe Гас to, niiiiuo, unmi- nuo, dlmlnuo. f To bring to tin agreement. Res ad eoncordiam deduciré, inter aliquos gratiam coinponere, in pristínam eoncordiam reducère. f To bring off, or disengage.
Robert Ainsworth, Thomas Morell, John Carey, 1837

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRING OFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bring off is used in the context of the following news items.
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World Cup win answers critics
Ms. Sundhage, as Sweden's current coach, managed to bring off a scoreless tie with the U.S. team in the early rounds, but it was the American ... «Charleston Post Courier, Jul 15»
2
Barca agree to sign playmaker Arda
... which also features Andres Iniesta, Ivan Rakitic and Sergio Busquets but would be a useful player to bring off the bench in the second half. «SuperSport, Jul 15»
3
Should Houston Rockets Bring Back Veterans Josh Smith & Jason …
He'd be an exciting catalyst to bring off the bench. The question is do Rockets fans want to see an old face again (i.e., Brooks, Jeremy Lin, ... «Space City Scoop, Jul 15»
4
CM enjoying senior moments
... to start, but she just takes any minute she can get and goes in and gives us an explosive player that not a lot of teams can bring off the bench. «Alton Telegraph, Jul 15»
5
Off the Avenue: Hollis Brown
This year during South by Southwest, Consequence of Sound teamed with Jukely and Tito's Handmade Vodka to bring Off the Avenue to Austin ... «Consequence of Sound, Jul 15»
6
Score Japan 2-1 England in Women's World Cup 2015
85': Surprise sub is made as England bring off their number one penalty taker: Fara Williams makes way for Karen Carney. 83': Wonderful through ball from Aya ... «VAVEL.com, Jul 15»
7
Guillaume Tell, Royal Opera House, London — review
What a difficult opera to bring off Guillaume Tell is. Even with so much going for it on the musical side, this production often made the opera feel ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
8
Mets vs. Cubs, Game 78: We REALLY need Jon Niese to give us a …
... pinch-hitter, I would take someone who is an upgrade over John Mayberry Jr. or Danny Muno or what other stiff the Mets bring off the bench. «New York Daily News, Jun 15»
9
Dablemont — An Old Gobbler at Dusk
It is possible, but not likely to happen often, that a turkey hen will bring off another brood in late summer if her spring poults all die. Quail often ... «Pittsburg Morning Sun, Jun 15»
10
Waterfront needs a traffic plan, Mr. Mayor (commentary)
And narrow, twisty-turny Richmond Terrace, another artery that will bring off-Island visitors in, also has its traffic problems. It could be a daily ... «SILive.com, Jun 15»

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