bring down

verb

1. to cause to fall

   the fighter aircraft brought the enemy down

   the ministers agreed to bring down the price of oil

2. slang.
   usually passive to cause to be elated and then suddenly depressed, as from using drugs

Example Sentences

"We should be focused on bringing down the cost of housing, health care, and child care, not manufacturing culture wars," she said.

From Salon

"The truth is this government isn't doing anything to bring down inflation. This government is stoking inflation," he told the Commons.

From BBC

A consultation with staff has opened, along with a voluntary redundancy scheme, in a push to bring down costs for a party which has struggled to attract major donors.

From BBC

Schiff declined to be interviewed for this story, but recently told Times columnist Mark Z. Barabak that he plans to focus on bringing down the cost of living for working- and middle-class families.

From Los Angeles Times

Ratcliffe, Trump’s nominee for CIA director who served as an intelligence chief in his first term, has likened countering China’s rise to the defeat of fascism or bringing down the Iron Curtain.

From BBC