bring out
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Definition
- Verb (transitive):
- To make known; to reveal or disclose: To make information, a quality, or a fact known to others, especially something that was hidden or secret.
- To produce and make available for sale; to publish or release: To issue something, such as a product, book, or recording, to the public.
- To elicit or draw forth; to encourage to be more evident: To cause a particular quality, skill, or aspect of someone's personality to become apparent or to develop.
- To take something out from where it is stored: To remove an item from a container, enclosed space, or storage for use.
- To make more noticeable or prominent; to accentuate: To cause a feature or detail to stand out.
Examples of Usage
- To make known/reveal:
- The investigation finally managed to bring out the truth about the incident.
- She refused to bring out the details of their private agreement.
- To produce/release:
- The company plans to bring out a new model of the phone next month.
- The author brought out her latest novel in the spring.
- To elicit/encourage:
- A good teacher knows how to bring out the best in every student.
- The relaxed atmosphere helped bring out her more talkative side.
- To take out:
- Please bring out the fine china for the special dinner guests.
- He brought out a map to show us the route.
- To accentuate/make noticeable:
- That blue scarf really brings out the color of your eyes.
- The dark frame brings out the details in the photograph.
Advanced Usage
- "to bring out the best/worst in someone": to cause someone's best or worst qualities to be shown.
- Challenging situations often bring out the best in a true leader.
- Stress can sometimes bring out the worst in people.
- "to bring out into the open": to reveal something publicly, especially a problem or secret.
- The scandal was finally brought out into the open by the press.
Variants and Related Words
- Bringer-out (n, rare): One who brings something out.
- Bringing-out (n, gerund): The act or process of bringing something out.
Synonyms
- Disclose, reveal, unveil (for making known).
- Publish, issue, launch, release (for producing).
- Elicit, evoke, draw out (for encouraging a quality).
- Extract, remove, take out (for taking from storage).
- Highlight, emphasize, accentuate (for making noticeable).
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Bring out in (e.g., a rash): To cause a skin condition to appear.
- The new detergent brought me out in a terrible rash.
- Bring out on (archaic/idiomatic): To escort someone out (e.g., of a building).
- The butler brought the guests out on the terrace.
Related Idioms
- Bring out the big guns: To use the most powerful or effective resources available.
- For the final negotiation, they decided to bring out the big guns.
- Bring out the hammer: To adopt a very strict or forceful approach.
- When polite requests failed, the manager had to bring out the hammer.
Verb
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
- The actress won't reveal how old she is
- bring out the truth
- he broke the news to her
- unwrap the evidence in the murder case
- bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.
- take out of a container or enclosed space
- Get out your best dress--we are going to a party!
- encourage to be less reserved
- The teacher tried to bring out the shy boy
- bring onto the market or release
- produce a movie
- bring out a book
- produce a new play
- direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
- This dress accentuates your nice figure!
- I set off these words by brackets
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- publish a magazine or newspaper
- bring out of a specific state
- make visible
- Summer brings out bright clothes
- He brings out the best in her