BRING TO BEAR

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bring into operation or effect

Example:

The new members brought to bear new concerns to the U.N.

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "bring to bear" is one way to...):

effect (act so as to bring into existence)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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