Bring (something) crashing down (around) (one) In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "bring (something) crashing down (around) (one)", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Katie Anh calendar 2022-02-21 09:02

Meaning of Bring (something) crashing down (around) (one)

Bring (something) crashing down (around) (one) spoken language verb phrase

 

 

To cause something to cash down on the ground.  The "around (one)" is not usually used in this usage.

To make room for a new building, they brought that old house crashing down.

Stay away! We're gonna bring this wall crashing down.

To destroy something that can seriously affect one's life.

At the age of 45, being fired bought everything crashing down around me.

When you chose to marry that playboy, you brought your whole life crashing down around you.

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To put an end to something

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1. Fall in a sequence

2. Be damaged, destroyed or defeated quickly and sequentially

go under the wrecking ball

If something "goes under the wrecking ball", it is destroyed or demolished.

Grammar and Usage of Bring (something) crashing down (around) (one)

Noun Forms

  • bring (something) crashing down (around) (one)
  • brings (something) crashing down (around) (one)
  • bringing (something) crashing down (around) (one)
  • brought (something) crashing down (around) (one)

It's mostly used in the past tense.

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