bring down on

0.01 sec.

bring something down on one('s head)

1. Lit. to cause something to fall onto one's head. (See also bring something crashing down (around one).) He jarred the shelves and all the books were brought down on his head. When he hit the wall of the hut, he brought down the roof on himself.

2. Fig. to cause the collapse of something or some enterprise onto oneself. Your bumbling will bring everything down on your head! Your mistakes have brought down the whole thing on your own head.

See also: bring

Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.

?Page tools

Printer friendly
Cite / link

Feedback

Idioms browser	?		Full browser	?
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 into play bring into prominence bring into question bring into service bring into the world bring into view bring it on bring off bring on			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 bring down on bring down the house bring down the house bring down the house bring down to bring down to earth bring forth bring forth bring forth Bring Forth the Corpse Bring Forth the Enemy bring forward bring forward bring forward bring from obscurity into view bring home bring home bring home bring home bring home bring home the bacon bring home the bacon bring home the bacon bring home to bring in bring in bring in bring in a supply bring in a true bill bring in a verdict bring in as a third party

Idioms and phrases

Free Tools:	For surfers: Free toolbar & extensions \| Word of the Day \| Help For webmasters: Free content \| Linking \| Lookup box \| Double-click lookup

Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.