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bring about

verb

to cause to happen
to bring about a change in the law
to turn (a ship) around

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, bring to pass . Make something happen, accomplish or result in something. For example, The revised tax code brought about considerable changes in accounting . The first term dates from the 1400s, and the variant, today considered rather formal, from the first half of the 1500s. Also see bring on , def. 1.

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The Jack on Track financial plan will bring about an “overall return to simplicity for the Jack in the Box business model and investor story,” he said.

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South Africa says its non-aligned position puts it in a prime position to help bring about a peace deal with Russia.

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“It is simply more than I can grasp. … All the issues I have fought for over the years, marched for, organized for — to bring about the good changes in our society — are now being unraveled.”

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Francis, his earlier tenderness forgotten, saw her as “the old yellow hag who plots destruction and brings about the downfall of the world.”

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"But the way to bring about constructive change is not by destroying the nation's capacity for scientific research, or through the government taking command of a private institution," they wrote.

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