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phrasebring down upon
! Bring down upon is more formal than bring down on and is mostly used in writing.
bring sth down on/upon sb • bring down sth on/upon sb formal to make something bad happen to someone, especially yourself or your family, by behaving in a particular way: His behaviour has brought down shame on all his family. The demonstrators brought down upon themselves the anger of the military government.■ SIMILAR TO: bring on/upon
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