to remind someone of something. The funeral brought memories back. The warm winds brought back the old feeling of loneliness that I had experienced so many times in the tropics.

See also: back, bring

bring back something also bring something back

1. to cause something to become popular again He's trying to bring back disco music.

2. to cause someone to remember something That music always brings back happy memories.

Related vocabulary: bring to mind somebody/something

See also: back, bring

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A GOATHERD had sought to bring back a stray goat to his flock. Fables by Aesop View in context I am the land of their fathers, In me the virtue stays; I will bring back my children, After certain days. Actions and Reactions by Kipling, Rudyard View in context He has sent me hither for one reason only, to be rid of me awhile, and, whatever the words I bring back to him, the end will be the same--that night shall come when you will find an impi at your gates. Nada The Lily by Haggard, Rider H. View in context			bridle at brief brief about bright bright and breezy bright and early bright as a button bright as a new pin bright idea bright-eyed and bushy-tailed brighten up brim brim over brimming with bring bring a charge against bring a dog to heel bring a lump to throat bring a verdict in bring about bring all together bring along bring an amount of money in bring around bring away bring back bring back out bring back to life bring back to reality bring before bring crashing down bring down bring down a peg bring down a peg or two bring down on bring down to bring down to earth bring forth bring forward bring home bring home the bacon bring home to bring in bring in some place bring into action bring into being bring into blossom bring into contact with bring into disrepute bring into focus bring into line			bring a rabbit out of the hat bring a rabbit out of the hat bring a rabbit out of the hat bring a suit bring a verdict in bring about bring about bring about bring about by force bring about by legislation bring about change bring about ears bring about ears bring about ears bring accusation bring action against bring aid bring all together bring along bring along bring an action bring an action against bring an amount of money in bring and buy Bring Another Engine bring around bring around bring around bring away bring away bring back bring back down to earth bring back down to earth bring back down to earth bring back out Bring Back Pluto Bring Back the Noise Bring Back the Transformers Foundation bring back to earth bring back to earth bring back to earth bring back to life bring back to reality bring before bring before a court bring charges bring charges against bring crashing down bring discredit on bring disgrace upon bring disrepute upon bring down bring down bring down bring down a peg bring down a peg or two bring down about ears bring down about ears bring down about ears Bring Down Comfort Letter Bring Down Comfort Letters

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