bring out
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Analytic form of the earlier outbring.
Verb
[edit]bring out (third-person singular simple present brings out, present participle bringing out, simple past and past participle brought out)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, out.
- To elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality).
- The herbs really bring out the full flavour of the lamb.
- She brings out the best in him.
- 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1]:
- The episode finds Springfield in the midst of a hellacious blizzard that, not surprisingly, brings out the joker in the town’s resident morning zoo proprietors Marty and Bill.
- (transitive) To introduce (someone) to a new lifestyle.
- (historical, transitive) To introduce (a young woman) formally into society.
- (LGBTQ slang) To introduce (a person) to gay life and traditions.[1]
- (chiefly British) To place (something new for public sale) on the market; roll out.
- Acme sweets have just brought out a tasty new chocolate bar.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ A. F. Niemoeller, "A Glossary of Homosexual Slang," Fact 2, no. 1 (Jan-Feb 1965): 25