bring to

verb

1. adverb to restore (a person) to consciousness
2. adverb to cause (a ship) to turn into the wind and reduce her headway
3. preposition to make (something) equal to (an amount of money)

   that brings your bill to £17

Example Sentences

Six innocent men, known as the Birmingham Six, served more than 16 years in prison for the atrocity, but the real perpetrators were never brought to justice.

From BBC

Her father, Satbir Brella, said: "I want my son-in-law to be brought to justice and I want my daughter's body brought home."

From BBC

Both exhibitions are a big jumble of things brought to bear on cultural history, a subject better handled through texts.

From Los Angeles Times

A second Australian teenager has died of suspected methanol poisoning, bringing to six the number of foreign tourists who have died after apparently drinking tainted alcohol in Laos.

From BBC

Palestinians in Gaza expressed hope Israeli leaders would now be brought to justice.

From BBC

Related Words

• arouse
• encourage
• energize
• invigorate
• overcome
• quicken
• recover
• rejuvenate
• rekindle
• renew
• renovate
• repair
• restore
• resurrect
• resuscitate
• revitalize
• strengthen