portare a casa

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to bring (to) home”.

Verb

portàre a casa (first-person singular present pòrto a casa, first-person singular past historic portài a casa, past participle portàto a casa, auxiliary avére)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see portare,‎ a,‎ casa.
2. (transitive, idiomatic) to succeed in securing; to deliver on; to bring home
   • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 9, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

     Su sollecitazione dei suoi consulenti economici, aveva portato a casa un accordo bipartisan in Congresso per un piano di salvataggio economico del valore di 168 miliardi di dollari che, tramite un pacchetto di agevolazioni e riduzioni fiscali, mirava a stimolare la spesa dei consumatori, dando così una scossa all'economia.

     At the urging of his economic advisors, he had secured bipartisan agreement from Congress on a $168 billion economic rescue package providing tax breaks and rebates meant to stimulate consumer spending and give the economy a jolt.

     (literally, “At the urging of his economic advisors, he had brought home a bipartisan agreement in Congress for a $168 billion economic bailout that, through a packet of tax breaks and concessions, aimed to stimulate consumer spending, thereby giving the economy a jolt.”)