"bring upon" meaning in English

See bring upon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: brings upon [present, singular, third-person], bringing upon [participle, present], brought upon [participle, past], brought upon [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bring<,,brought> upon}} bring upon (third-person singular simple present brings upon, present participle bringing upon, simple past and past participle brought upon)
  1. To (either knowingly or unwittingly) cause to befall.
    Sense id: en-bring_upon-en-verb-LnLoHYmU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (upon)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bring upon meaning in English (1.0kB)

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