By much planning, the mother brought the marriage to pass.
The change in the law was slow in coming, and it took a disaster to bring it to pass.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
bring to pass — To bring about, cause to happen • • • Main Entry: ↑pass … Useful english dictionary
bring to pass — ► bring to pass chiefly literary cause (something) to happen. Main Entry: ↑bring … English terms dictionary
bring to pass — index attain, carry (succeed), cause, commit (perpetrate), create, discharge (perform) … Law dictionary
bring to pass — {v. phr.}, {informal} To make (something) happen; succeed in causing. * /By much planning, the mother brought the marriage to pass./ * /The change in the law was slow in coming, and it took a disaster to bring it to pass./ Compare: BRING ABOUT,… … Dictionary of American idioms
bring to pass — {v. phr.}, {informal} To make (something) happen; succeed in causing. * /By much planning, the mother brought the marriage to pass./ * /The change in the law was slow in coming, and it took a disaster to bring it to pass./ Compare: BRING ABOUT,… … Dictionary of American idioms
bring to pass — Synonyms and related words: accomplish, achieve, author, bear, beget, breed, bring about, bring forth, bring off, bring to effect, carry into execution, carry off, carry out, carry through, cause, come through with, commit, conceive, create, do,… … Moby Thesaurus
bring to pass — idi to cause to happen; bring about … From formal English to slang
To bring to pass — Bring Bring, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bringing}.] [OE. bringen, AS. bringan; akin to OS. brengian, D. brengen, Fries. brenga, OHG. bringan, G. bringen, Goth. briggan.] 1. To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To bring to pass — Pass Pass, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Passed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Passing}.] [F. passer, LL. passare, fr. L. passus step, or from pandere, passum, to spread out, lay open. See {Pace}.] 1. To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bring — Bring, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bringing}.] [OE. bringen, AS. bringan; akin to OS. brengian, D. brengen, Fries. brenga, OHG. bringan, G. bringen, Goth. briggan.] 1. To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
