BRING (SOMETHING) ON/UPON (SOMEBODY)


Meaning of BRING (SOMETHING) ON/UPON (SOMEBODY) in English

bring something on/upon somebody phrasal verb ( see also ↑ bring )

to make something unpleasant happen to someone:

You have brought disaster on the whole village!

bring something on/upon yourself

I’ve got no sympathy for him – he’s brought this all on himself!

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.